Regulation 2 Amendment of the Income Support (General) RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) after paragraph 71^f2 the following paragraph shall be added –

“72.

Any payment made by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to the claimant or his partner, or to another person on their behalf, relating to housing support services under Article 4 of the Housing Support Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2002^f3, where the claimant or his partner qualified for that payment.”.

(3)

In Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded) –

(a)

at the end of paragraph 25^f4 there shall be added “or, where that dwelling is occupied as the home by the former partner who is a lone parent, for as long as it is so occupied”;

(b)

after paragraph 61^f5 the following paragraph shall be added –

“62.

Any payment made by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to the claimant or his partner, or to another person on their behalf, relating to housing support services under Article 4 of the Housing Support Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2002, where the claimant or his partner qualified for that payment.”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 2 in operation at 1.4.2003, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 193 and S.R. 2001 Nos. 261 and 392
f2: Paragraph 71 was added by regulation 2(b) of S.R. 2001 No. 261
f3: S.I. 2002/3154 (N.I. 8)
f4: Paragraph 25 was added by regulation 3(b) of S.R. 1988 No. 193
f5: Paragraph 61 was added by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 2001 No. 392