The Social Security (Treatment of Arrears of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018

Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations

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

(2) In paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 9 (capital to be disregarded), for head (a) substitute—

(a)paid in order to rectify, or to compensate for—

(i)an official error as defined in regulation 1(2) of the Decisions and Appeals Regulations, or

(ii)an error on a point of law; and.

(1)

S.R. 2008 No. 280; relevant amending Regulation is S.R. 2016 No. 228