# The Social Security (Personal Allowances for Children Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

S.R. 2000/245 · made 26 July 2000 · revised to 20 November 2006

These Regulations further amend the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.

Made under: Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (Section 122, Section 131, Section 171); The Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (Article 6)

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## Introductory text

HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY
Made 26th July 2000
Coming into operation 23rd October 2000
The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 131(1) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Article 6(5) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel in so far as regulation 2(1) and (2)(a) is concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of that regulation should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Personal Allowances for Children Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), come into operation on 23rd October 2000.
(2) Regulation 2 shall, in relation to a claimant for income support, have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 23rd October 2000 and in this paragraph “benefit week” and “claimant” shall have the same meanings as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations.
(3) Regulation 2 shall, in relation to a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance, have effect from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 23rd October 2000 and in this paragraph “benefit week” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.
(4) In these Regulations—
“the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;
“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
(5) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

## 2 Housing benefit, income support and jobseeker’s allowance: personal allowances in respect of children

(1) In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) (which specify the personal allowances to be applied in respect of children when calculating applicable amounts) in column (2) of the table in entry (a) for “£26·60” there shall be substituted “£30·95”.
(2) The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 (applicable amounts) to the Income Support Regulations;
(c) paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 (applicable amounts) to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.

## Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 26th July 2000.
L.S.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 2(1) and (2)(a) of the foregoing Regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 27th July 2000.
L.S.
Jack Layberry
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations further amend the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
In particular, regulation 2 of these Regulations increases by £4·35 from 23rd October 2000, the amount of the weekly personal allowance which is applicable in respect of children before the first Monday in the September following their 16th birthday in housing benefit, income support and jobseeker’s allowance.
In so far as these Regulations are required, for the purposes of regulation 2(1) and (2)(a) to be referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee under section 149(2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), (“the 1992 Act”), after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee, they have not been so referred by virtue of section 150(1)(b) of that Act. Otherwise they make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the 1992 Act, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.
These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.

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