The Income-related Benefits (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations N.I.

2.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “liable relative” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund” means the company limited by guarantee (number 5505072) and registered charity of that name established on 11th July 2005 for the purpose of (amongst other things) relieving sickness, disability or financial need of victims (including families or dependants of victims) of the terrorist attacks carried out in London on 7th July 2005;”; and

(b) in the definition of “qualifying person”(2) for “or the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund or the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”.

(3) In regulation 51(3A)(a)(3) (notional capital) for “or the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund or the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”.

(4) In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) in paragraph 39(7)(4) for “and the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund and the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”.

(5) In Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded)—

(a) in paragraph 22(5)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1) for “or the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund or the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”, and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (7) for “and the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund and the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”; and

(b) paragraph 22A(6) shall be omitted.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in operation at 12.12.2005, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1991 No. 204, S.R. 1992 No. 201, S.R. 1993 No. 233, S.R. 1998 No. 326, S.R. 2000 No. 241, S.R. 2004 Nos. 213 and 389 and S.R. 2005 No. 374

(2)

The definition of “qualifying person” was inserted by regulation 5(2)(b) of S.R. 1992 No. 201 and amended by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 2004 No. 213

(3)

Paragraph (3A) was inserted by regulation 3(2)(b) and (3)(c) of S.R. 1998 No. 326 and sub-paragraph (a) was amended by regulation 2(1) and (2)(b) of S.R. 2004 No. 389

(4)

Paragraph 39 was substituted by regulation 4(7)(b) of S.R. 1991 No. 204 and sub-paragraph (7) was added by regulation 5(7)(b)(vi) of S.R. 1992 No. 201 and amended by regulation 2(3) and (4)(b) of S.R. 2004 No. 389

(5)

Paragraph 22 was substituted by regulation 4(8)(a) of S.R. 1991 No. 204 and amended by regulation 5(8)(a) of S.R. 1992 No. 201, regulation 5(5)(a) of S.R. 1993 No. 233, regulation 3(5) of S.R. 2000 No. 241 and regulation 3(1), (2)(b), (3) and (4)(b) of S.R. 2004 No. 213

(6)

Paragraph 22A was inserted by regulation 2 of S.R. 2005 No. 374