The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme (Consequential Provisions: Subordinate Legislation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2013

Amendment of the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

4.—(1) The Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (Interpretation), in the appropriate place insert the following—

““armed forces independence payment” means the payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011”

(3) In Schedule 1 (Modifications of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2)), Table B, in column 2 of the entry relating to Schedule 2, for the entry relating to paragraph 13A(1) substitute—

“For paragraph 13A(1) (enhanced disability premium) substitute—

“13A.— (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the conditions are that—

(a) the claimant is aged less than 60 and, where the claimant is a member of a couple, the claimant’s partner is aged less than 60; and

(b) the claimant or, as the case may be, the claimant’s partner is—

(i) in receipt of employment and support allowance which includes a support component;

(ii) in receipt of the care component of disability living allowance at the highest rate prescribed under section 72(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act(3) or would be in receipt of that component at that rate but for either a suspension of benefit in accordance with regulations made under section 113(2) of that Act or an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation; or

(iii) in receipt of armed forces independence payment.”.”.

(1)

S.R. 2004 No. 91; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2004 Nos. 156 and 162, S.R. 2005 Nos. 107 and 386, S.R. 2006. Nos. 136, 190 and 333, S.R. 2007 Nos. 264 and 437, S.R. 2008 Nos. 39, 292 and 391, S.R. 2009 No. 52, 151 and 329, S.R. 2010 Nos. 201 and 352 and S.R. 2012 Nos. 73 and 378.

(2)

S.R.1987 No. 459.

(3)

See the definition of “the Contributions and Benefits Act” in S.R. 1987 No.459 as inserted by regulation 4(2)(a) of S.R. 1993 No. 373.