2000 No. 667
SOCIAL SECURITY, NORTHERN IRELAND

The Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 3(2), 121(1) and 171(3) and (10) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19921 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, and with the concurrence of the Department for Social Development2, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 3rd April 2000.

Amendment of the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19962.

In regulation 4(2) of the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19963 (notional earnings) for the words from “but this paragraph” to the end there shall be substituted–

  • “but this paragraph shall not apply–

    1. (i)

      to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or is a volunteer if the Department is satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide his services free of charge; or

    2. (ii)
      to a claimant who is participating in an employment or training programme for which a training allowance is not payable or, where such an allowance is payable, it is payable for the sole purpose of reimbursement of travelling or meal expenses to the person participating in that programme; and for this purpose “employment or training programme” has the meaning given in regulation 19(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19964 and “training allowance” has the meaning given in regulation 1(2) of those Regulations.”
Bob Ainsworth
Greg Pope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

The Department for Social Development hereby concurs.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 8th March 2000.

John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 4(2) of the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 520). The effect of the amendment is that persons participating in approved work, such as work trials or work placements, are not attributed with notional earnings for the purpose of computing earnings in relation to their benefit or retirement pension, or increases for dependants under Part IV of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.

These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.