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Regulation 2 Common amendments relating to interpretationI1

Northern Ireland

F1In regulation 2(1) of each of the Housing Benefit Regulationsf1 and the Income Support Regulationsf2 and regulation 1(2) of each of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations and the State Pension Credit Regulations –

(a)

in the definition of “qualifying person” for “or the Eileen Trust” there shall be substituted “, the Eileen Trust or the Skipton Fund”;

(b)

immediately after the definitions of –

(i)

in the Housing Benefit Regulations, the Income Support Regulations and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, “single claimant”, and

(ii)

in the State Pension Credit Regulations, “residential care home”,

there shall be inserted the following definition –

  • ““the Skipton Fund” means the ex-gratia payment scheme administered by the Skipton Fund Limited, incorporated on 25th March 2004, for the benefit of certain persons suffering from hepatitis C and other persons eligible for payment in accordance with the scheme’s provisions;”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 2 revoked (in so far as it has effect in relation to housing benefit) (20.11.2006) by The Housing Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/407), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with regs. 2, 6(2), Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

Commencement

I1

Reg. 2 in operation at 12.5.2004, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

The definition of “qualifying person” was inserted by regulation 4(2)(b) of S.R. 1992 No. 201 and amended by regulation 4(2)(b) of S.R. 1993 No. 233

f2

The definition of “qualifying person” was inserted by regulation 5(2)(b) of S.R. 1992 No. 201 and amended by regulation 5(2)(b) of S.R. 1993 No. 233