Regulation 3 Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

In paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 5A^f2 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings of members of joint-claim couples) for “an invalid care allowance” in each place where those words occur there shall be substituted “a carer’s allowance”.

(3)

In Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) after paragraph 67^f3 the following paragraph shall be added –

“68.

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.”.

(4)

In Schedule 7 (capital to be disregarded) –

(a)

at the end of paragraph 5 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 54^f4 the following paragraph shall be added –

“55.

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. 3 in operation at 1.4.2003, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2000 Nos. 350 and 366 and S.R. 2001 Nos. 261 and 392
f2: Schedule 5A was inserted by regulation 2(5) of and paragraph 58 of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2000 No. 350 and paragraph 2(1) was amended by regulation 3, and paragraph 3 of the Schedule to, S.R. 2000 No. 366
f3: Paragraph 67 was added by regulation 2(c) of S.R. 2001 No. 261
f4: Paragraph 54 was added by regulation 2(c) of S.R. 2001 No. 392