{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/85",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Payments Etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) In regulation 21 (direct credit transfer)—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) paragraph (6),\nshall be omitted.\n(4) For regulation 29 (payment to a person under age 18) there shall be substituted the following regulation—\n“Payments to persons under age 18\n29 Where benefit is paid to a person under the age of 18 (whether on his own behalf or on behalf of another) the receipt of that person shall be a sufficient discharge to the Department.”.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 revoked for specified purposes (7.4.2003) by The Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance (Administration) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/492), regs. 1, 43, Sch. 3 Pt. 2 (with regs. 1(2), 44)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 2(2) revoked (10.4.2006) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/168), reg. 1(b), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 2(3)(a) revoked (8.4.2003) by The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002/297), reg. 1(1)(c), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 2(5)(6) revoked (10.4.2006) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/168), reg. 1(b), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 4.4.1996, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1989 No. 398, S.R. 1992 No. 83, S.R. 1993 No. 375 and S.R. 1994 Nos. 345, 456 and 484"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/85/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:33:25.886034+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}