Regulation 14 Amendment of the State Pension Credit RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(a)

after the definition of “board and lodging accommodation”^f2 insert—

““the Caxton Foundation” means the charitable trust of that name established on 28th March 2011, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from hepatitis C and other persons eligible for payment in accordance with its provisions;”; and

(b)

in the definition of “qualifying person”^f3 after “the Skipton Fund” insert “, the Caxton Foundation”.

F1(3)

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(4)

In regulation 24 (income paid to third parties)—

(a)

in paragraph (1) for “paragraph (2)” substitute “paragraphs (2) or (3)”; and

(b)

after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3)
Paragraph (1) shall not apply in respect of any payment of income arising out of the claimant’s participation in a service user group.”.

(5)

In Schedule 2 (housing costs) in paragraph 14(8)(b)^f4 after “MFET Limited” insert “, the Skipton Fund, the Caxton Foundation”.

(6)

In Schedule 5 (income from capital)—

(a)

in paragraph 15(1)^f5 and (7)^f6 after “the Skipton Fund” insert “, the Caxton Foundation”; and

(b)

after paragraph 23B^f7 insert—

“23C.
Any payments made under regulations made under section 8 of the Carers and Direct Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (direct payments)^f8.”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 14(3) revoked (1.7.2013) by The Social Security (Croatia) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/167), regs. 1(1), 9

Commencement

I1: Reg. 14 in operation at 31.10.2011, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2003 No. 28; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2004 No. 213, S.R. 2005 Nos. 424 and 550, S.R. 2006 Nos. 178 and 523, S.R. 2009 No. 92 and S.R. 2010 No. 69
f2: The definition of “board and lodging accommodation” was inserted by regulation 5(2) of S.R. 2005 No. 424
f3: The definition of “qualifying person” was amended by regulation 2 of S.R. 2004 No. 213, regulation 6(2)(b) of S.R. 2005 No. 550 and regulation 6(3)(a) of S.R. 2010 No. 69
f4: Sub-paragraph (8)(b) was amended by regulation 5(3)(c) of S.R. 2008 No. 428 and regulation 6(3)(b) of S.R. 2010 No. 69
f5: Sub-paragraph (1) was amended by regulation 3(1) and (2)(c) of S.R. 2004 No. 213, regulation 6(3)(a)(i) of S.R. 2005 No. 550, regulation 5(4) of S.R. 2008 No. 428 and regulation 6(3)(c) and (7) of S.R. 2010 No. 69
f6: Sub-paragraph (7) was amended by regulation 3(4)(c) of S.R. 2004 No. 213, regulation 6(3)(a)(ii) of S.R. 2005 No. 550 and regulation 6(3)(c) of S.R. 2010 No. 69
f7: Paragraph 23B was inserted by regulation 5(4) of S.R. 2009 No. 92
f8: 2002 c. 6 (N.I.)