The Social Security (Contribution Conditions for Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 No. 346

Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations N.I.

3.—(1) The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In Part 3 (conditions of entitlement – contributory allowance), before regulation 8 (relaxation of first contribution condition) insert—

“Conditions relating to national insurance and relevant earnings

7A.— (1) A claimant’s relevant earnings for the purposes of paragraph 1(2)(of Schedule 1 to the Act(2) (employment and support allowance: conditions relating to national insurance) are the total amount of the claimant’s earnings at the lower earnings limit for the base tax year.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), earnings which exceed the lower earnings limit are to be disregarded.”.

F1 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 3(3) revoked (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/357), regs. 1(1), 26, Sch.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in operation at 1.11.2010, see reg. 1

(1)

S.R. 2008 No. 280

(2)

Paragraph 1(2) was substituted by section 12(4) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010