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137B.—(1) The Department may, in accordance with this Article and regulations, make payments known as cost of work allowances.
(2) A cost of work allowance is a payment which—
(a)is made on one occasion in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019;
(b)is awarded in each of those years—
(i)to an individual who on the qualifying date in that year satisfies the 4 requirements set out in paragraphs (4) to (7) as they apply in relation to an individual;
(ii)to a couple who on the qualifying date in that year satisfy the 4 requirements set out in paragraphs (4) to (7) as they apply in relation to a couple.
(3) In relation to an individual or a couple “the qualifying date” in a year is such date as may be prescribed; and different dates may be prescribed in relation to different classes or descriptions of individual or couple.
(4) The first requirement—
(a)in relation to an individual is that the individual has, on the qualifying date, been ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland for a period of at least 3 months;
(b)in relation to a couple is that both of them have on the qualifying date been ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland for period of at least 3 months.
(5) The second requirement—
(a)in relation to an individual is that on the qualifying date the individual—
(i)is entitled (otherwise than jointly with another) to universal credit or to working tax credit; and
(ii)has been so entitled for the whole of the preceding period of 3 months;
(b)in relation to a couple is that on the qualifying date the couple—
(i)are jointly entitled to universal credit or to working tax credit; and
(ii)have been so entitled for the whole of the preceding period of 3 months.
(6) The third requirement—
(a)in relation to an individual, is that on the qualifying date the individual—
(i)is engaged in qualifying remunerative work; and
(ii)has been so engaged for the whole of the preceding period of 3 months;
(b)in relation to a couple, is that at least one of them—
(i)is, on the qualifying date, engaged in qualifying remunerative work, and
(ii)has been so engaged for the whole of the preceding period of 3 months.
(7) The fourth requirement—
(a)in relation to an individual, is that the income of the individual in respect of a prescribed period exceeds such amount as may be prescribed but does not exceed such other higher amount as may be prescribed;
(b)in relation to a couple, is that the combined income of the couple in respect of a prescribed period exceeds such amount as may be prescribed but does not exceed such other higher amount as may be prescribed.
(8) Regulations may make provision—
(a)for cases where an individual is, or couple are, to be taken as satisfying, or not satisfying, the requirements in paragraphs (4) to (7) and in particular for determining—
(i)for the purposes of the second requirement, whether an individual is, or couple are, on the qualifying date entitled to universal credit or working tax credit and, if so, for what period the individual has, or couple have, been so entitled;
(ii)for the purposes of the third requirement, what is, or is not, qualifying remunerative work and the circumstances in which a person is, or is not, engaged in it;
(iii)for the purposes of the fourth requirement, the income of a person in respect of any period;
(b)for determining the amount of an allowance payable to an individual or a couple which must include provision—
(i)for the allowance awarded to an individual to include, in prescribed circumstances, an additional amount where the individual is responsible for one or more children;
(ii)for the allowance awarded to a couple to include, in prescribed circumstances, an additional amount where the couple is responsible for one or more children;
(c)for the circumstances in which—
(i)a person is, or is not, responsible for a child;
(ii)a couple are, or are not, responsible for a child;
(d)for payment of the allowance to be made without any claim being made;
(e)imposing conditions on persons receiving an allowance, including conditions requiring them to provide to the Department such information as may be prescribed;
(f)for the disclosure of information relating to allowances in prescribed circumstances or to prescribed persons;
(g)for the recovery by the Department in prescribed circumstances and by prescribed means (which may include any of the means mentioned in section 69ZB(7) of the Administration Act) of any amount of an allowance paid in excess of entitlement;
(h)requiring or authorising reviews (whether by the Department or by prescribed persons) of decisions made by the Department with respect to the making or recovery of allowances and for appeals against such decisions;
(i)imposing functions (including functions as to the disclosure of information) on a statutory body other than the Department in connection with the administration of the regulations;
(j)for such other matters as appear to the Department to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the paying of allowances including provision creating criminal offences and provision amending or applying (with or without modification) any statutory provision.
(9) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (8), regulations may make any provision referred to in that paragraph by applying to, or in relation to, an allowance (with or without prescribed modifications) any statutory provision which applies to, or in relation to, a particular social security benefit or a class or description of such benefits.
(10) The Department shall, in respect of each financial year in which payments are made, prepare and lay before the Assembly a report on the payments made in that year.
(11) No regulations shall be made under this Article unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Assembly.
(12) If regulations under this Article impose functions on any statutory body other than the Department, the Department must consult that body before making the regulations.
(13) A power conferred by this Article to make regulations includes power—
(a)to make such incidental, supplementary, consequential or transitional provision as appears to the Department to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of those regulations;
(b)to provide for the Department to exercise a discretion in dealing with any matter.
(14) In this Article—
“allowance” means a cost of working allowance;
“child” means a person under the age of 16;
“couple”—
in relation to a case where the second requirement applies by reference to entitlement to universal credit, has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of the Part 2;
in relation to a case where that requirement applies by reference to entitlement to working tax credit, has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under this Article;
“statutory body” means a body established by or under a statutory provision.]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 137B inserted (13.10.2016) by The Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/999), arts. 2(2)(d), 20(2)
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