Article 20 Amendment of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976

(1)

The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 9(2)(b) (conditions relating to residence and presence in Northern Ireland)—

(a)

after head (iii), insert—

“(iiia)

the care component of Scottish adult disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate in accordance with regulation 6(4) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025,”;

(b)

omit the “or” after head (iv);

(c)

after head (v), insert—

“(vi)

the care component of child disability payment at the middle or highest rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021^f2, or

(vii)

the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate in accordance with regulation 5 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022^f3.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1976 No. 99, amended by S.R. 2016 No. 228; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
f2: S.S.I. 2021/174.
f3: S.S.I. 2022/54.