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Regulation 2 Amendment of the Income Support (General) RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

In regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987f1 (interpretation) –

(a)

for the definition of “dwelling occupied as the home”f2 there shall be substituted the following definition –

  • ““dwelling occupied as the home” means the dwelling together with any garage, garden and outbuildings normally occupied by the claimant as his home, including any part thereof not so occupied which it is impracticable or unreasonable to sell separately, together with –

    1. (a)

      any agricultural land adjoining that dwelling, and

    2. (b)

      any land not adjoining that dwelling which it is impracticable or unreasonable to sell separately;”;

(b)

the definition of “premises”f3 shall be omitted.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 2 in operation at 29.3.2004, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 Nos. 146 and 193 and S.R. 2003 No. 154

f2

Definition of “dwelling occupied as the home” was substituted by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 146

f3

Definition of “premises” was inserted by regulation 2(c) of S.R. 1988 No. 146