Regulation 4 Prescribed benefits

Northern Ireland

The benefits prescribed under Article 120(7)(c) of the 2015 Order are—

(a)

attendance allowance under section 64 of the Contributions and Benefits Act M1;

(b)

disability living allowance under section 71 of the Contributions and Benefits Act M2;

(c)

income-based jobseeker's allowance within the meaning given in Article 3(4) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 M3;

(d)

income-related employment and support allowance payable in accordance with section 1(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 M4;

(e)

income support under section 123 of the Contributions and Benefits Act M5; F1...

(f)

state pension credit under section 1 of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 M6; F2and

(g)

personal independence payment under Part 5 of the 2015 Order.

Annotations

F1: Word in reg. 4(e) omitted (20.6.2016) by virtue of The Personal Independence Payment (Supplementary Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/228), regs. 1, 41(a)
F2: Reg. 4(g) and word added (20.6.2016) by The Personal Independence Payment (Supplementary Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/228), regs. 1, 41(b)

M1: Section 64 was amended by Article 63(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11))
M2: Section 71 was amended by Article 64(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999
M3: S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15). Article 3(4) was amended by paragraph 3(4)(a) of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.
M4: 2007 c. 2 (N.I.)
M5: Section 123 was amended by paragraph 13(2) to (5) of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, paragraph 26 of Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, paragraph 2 of Schedules 2 and 3 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.)), paragraph 96 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), paragraph 3(9) and (10) of Schedule 3 and Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 and section 3(1) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 13 (N.I.))
M6: 2002 c. 14 (N.I.)