# The Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

S.R. 1997/157 · made 14 March 1997

These Regulations amend the Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983 by limiting to 3 months the period of backdating for an allowance.

Made under: Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (Schedule 8 paragraph 2)

## Introductory text

SOCIAL SECURITY
Made 14th March 1997
Coming into operation 7th April 1997
The Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel, hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 7th April 1997.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly.

## 2 Amendment of the Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) Regulations

For regulation 15 of the Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983 (sums not payable when delay in claiming) there shall be substituted the following regulation—
“15 An allowance shall not be payable to any person in respect of any period more than 3 months before the claim for the allowance is made.”.

## Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on
L.S.
John O'Neill
Assistant Secretary
14th March 1997.14th March 1997.
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on
L.S.
J. G. Sullivan
Assistant Secretary
14th March 1997.

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983 by limiting to 3 months the period of backdating for an allowance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/157 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/workmens-compensation-supplementation-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-1997
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