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3.—(1) The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 5 (deductions from benefit and direct payment to third parties), omit paragraph 11.
(3) In Schedule 6 (deductions from benefit in respect of child support maintenance and payments to persons with care)—
(a)In paragraph 1, in the definition of “maintenance”—
(i)for “paragraph 3” substitute “paragraph 3(1)”;
(ii)for “paragraph 4(1)(b)” substitute “paragraph 4(1)(a), (b)”.
(b)In paragraph 3—
(i)in sub-paragraph (1)—
(aa)omit “Except where universal credit is awarded to the beneficiary,”;
(bb)for “£1.20” substitute “£8.40”;
(cc)omit “, subject to sub-paragraph (2),”;
(dd)for “or jobseeker’s allowance” substitute “, jobseeker’s allowance or universal credit”;
(ii)after sub-paragraph (1), insert—
“(1A)No deduction may be made under sub-paragraph (1) if the beneficiary is liable to pay maintenance.”;
(iii)omit sub-paragraph (2).
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