Regulation 2 Childcare Costs Amendment
The Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016f1 are amended as follows–
In regulation 35 (Amount of childcare costs element), after paragraph (3), insert–
“(3A)in determining the amount of charges paid for relevant childcare pursuant to regulation 35(2) of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, the Department must not leave out of the account a payment for childcare costs from the Adviser Discretion Fundf2.”
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The Adviser Discretion Fund is a discretionary support scheme under Part 1 of the Employment and Training (Northern Ireland) Act 1950. It is a financial incentive scheme designed to assist Jobs and Benefits customers in removing barriers towards and into employment, retaining employment, increasing hours of employment, progressing within employment so as to increase earnings, assisting with commencing self-employment or re-commencing former self-employed businesses.