Regulation 6 Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 6(22)^f2 (date of claim) in the definition of “family”, for “a married or unmarried couple” there shall be substituted “a couple”.

(3)

In regulation 19(3B)^f3 (time for claiming benefit) after “spouse” there shall be inserted “or civil partner”.

Annotations

f1: S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1997 No. 156, S.R. 2000 No. 215, S.R. 2002 No. 67 and S.R. 2005 Nos. 46 and 139
f2: Paragraph (22) was substituted by regulation 3(2)(a) of S.R. 2000 No. 215; the definition of “family” was added by regulation 2(2)(f)(iii) of S.R. 2002 No. 67 and amended by regulation 5(4)(c)(ii) of S.R. 2005 No. 46
f3: Regulation 19 was substituted by regulation 3(7) of S.R. 1997 No. 156 and paragraph (3B) was inserted by regulation 2(2)(c) of S.R. 2005 No. 139