Regulation 2 Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance, State Pension Credit, Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit – definition of prisoner

(1)

F1Where the Department is satisfied that it is expedient as a result of coronavirus disease and in such cases as the Department determines the Regulations in paragraph (2) are to be read as if the definition of “prisoner” did not include a person on temporary release in accordance with the provisions of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 M1.

(2)

The regulations are—

(a)

the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 M2;

(b)

the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 M3;

(c)

the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 M4;

(d)

the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 M5; and

(e)

the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 M6.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (12.5.2021) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/105), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(4)(a)

Marginal citations

M1: 1953 c.18 (N.I.)
M2: S.R. 1987 No. 459. Relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1995 No. 86 and S.R. 1998 No. 81.
M3: S.R. 1996 No. 198. Relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1998 No. 81 and S.R. 2006 No. 234.
M4: S.R. 2003 No. 28. Relevant amending Regulations is S.R. 2018 No. 135.
M5: S.R. 2008 No. 280. There are no relevant amending Regulations.
M6: S.R. 2016 No. 216. There are no relevant amending Regulations.