# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, Regulation 2: Amendments in relation to the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme

Extent: N.I.

(1) In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) at the appropriate place, there shall be inserted the following definitions –
““the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme” means the scheme established under section 1(2) of the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004;”;
““a guaranteed income payment” means a payment under Article 14(1)(b) or Article 21(1)(a) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005;”
(2) The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are –
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation);
(c) regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation);
(d) regulation 1(2) of the State Pension Credit Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation).
(3) In regulation 15(5) of the State Pension Credit Regulations, (income for the purposes of the Act) after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs –
“(aa) a guaranteed income payment;
(ab) a payment made under Article 21(1)(c) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005 but only where the condition referred to in Article 23(2)(c) is met;”.
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) In regulations 42(4)(a)(i) of the Income Support Regulations (notional income) and 51(3)(a)(i) (notional capital) after “benefit Acts,” there shall be inserted “a payment from the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme,”.
(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(8) In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (9) –
(a) after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph –
“(cc) a guaranteed income payment;”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (d) after “pension” there shall be inserted “or payment”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (e) for “pensions mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c)” there shall be substituted “pensions or payments mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (cc)”
(9) The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (8) (which relate to the sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) are –
(a) paragraph 16 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the State Pension Credit Regulations.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/98/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-2
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