The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”) and the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”).

Regulation 2 amends the 1996 Regulations regarding the date from which benefit ceases to be payable under Article 21 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (“the Order”).

Regulation 3 amends the 1999 Regulations to make provision—

(a) for the revision of decisions within one month of an appeal being brought;

(b) to prevent revision or supersession of a decision in relation to an attendance allowance or a disability living allowance on the ground that a person is terminally ill unless an application for a revision or supersession is made expressly on that ground; and

(c) in connection with the supersession of decisions in relation to jobseeker’s allowance where a sanction is imposed under Article 21 of the Order.

These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.