Regulation 6 Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-focused Interviews) Regulations

(1)

The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-focused Interviews) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(a)

in paragraph (2) after the definition of “the designated authority” insert—

““lone parent” has the meaning it bears in section 24(3A) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;”; and

(b)

after paragraph (3) add—

“(4)
For the purposes of section 2A(2A) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and regulation 2(6), a lone parent is to be treated as responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of one only where the lone parent would be treated as responsible for and a member of the same household as such a child under regulations 15 and 16 of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 if references in those Regulations to income support were to a specified benefit.”.

(3)

In regulation 2^f2 (relevant claimant) after paragraph (5) add—

“(6)
The fifth condition is that the person is not a lone parent who is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of one.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2008 No. 465; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2009 No. 327 and S.R. 2011 No. 26
f2: Regulation 2 was amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R 2009 No. 327 and regulation 7(3) of S.R. 2011 No. 26