Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 (S.R. 1992 No. 78) and the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (S.R. 1987 No. 463). The amendments have effect in relation to award periods of working families' tax credit and disabled person’s tax credit commencing on or after 10th April 2001.

Regulation 1 provides for citation, commencement and effect and regulation 2 for interpretation.

Regulation 3 introduces regulations 4 to 9.

Regulation 4 amends the definition of “training allowance” in the Regulations to take account of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21).

Regulation 5 updates a cross reference in regulation 8 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and regulation 6 of the Family Credit Regulations (membership of a family).

Regulation 6 amends Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations (income to be disregarded) so as to add payments under Government training courses for self-employed persons.

Regulation 7 introduces regulations 8 and 9.

Regulation 8 amends Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations (capital to be disregarded) so as to add payments under a trust established out of funds provided by the Secretary of State in respect of persons suffering from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Regulation 9 further amends Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations so as to add ex-gratia payments by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to the families of victims of violence.