Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

163 Certain benefit to be inalienable. N.I.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, every assignment of, or charge on—

[F1 (za) universal credit;]

[F2 (zb) state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;]

(a) benefit as defined in section 121 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

[F3 (aa) a jobseeker’s allowance;

[F4 (ab) state pension credit;]]

[F5 (ac) an employment and support allowance;]

[F6 (ad) personal independence payment;]

[F7 (ae) bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;]

(b) any income-related benefit; or

(c) child benefit,

and every agreement to assign or charge such benefit shall be void; and, on the bankruptcy of a beneficiary, such benefit shall not pass to any trustee or other person acting on behalf of his creditors.

(2) In calculating for the purposes of Article 30, 73(5)(b), 99(6)(b) or 107 of the M1 Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or Article 101(5)(b) of the M2 Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 the means of any beneficiary, no account shall be taken of any increase of disablement benefit in respect of a child, or of industrial death benefit.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 163(1)(za) inserted (27.9.2017) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 2 para. 26; S.R. 2017/190, art. 4(1)(2)(g)(ii)

F2 S. 163(1)(zb) inserted (6.4.2016 unless brought into operation earlier by an order under s. 53(1) of the amending Act) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 12 para. 22

F3 S. 163(1)(aa) inserted (17.7.1996) by S.I. 1995/2705, art. Sch. 2, para. 50; S.R. 1996/285, art. 2, Sch.

F4 S. 163(1)(ab) inserted (2.12.2002 for certain purposes, 6.10.2003 in so far as not already in force) by State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14), ss. 14, 21(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 21; S.R. 2002/366, art. 2(l); S.R. 2003/373, art. 2

F5 S. 163(1)(ac) inserted (27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), s. 60(1), Sch. 3 para. 4(27); S.R. 2008/276, art. 2(2)(d), Sch. Pt. 2

F6 S. 163(ad) inserted (20.6.2016) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 9 para. 28; S.R. 2016/215, art. 3(2)

F7 Words in s. 163(1)(ae) inserted (6.4.2017) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(1), Sch. 16 para. 32; S.R. 2017/44, art. 2(2) (with arts. 3, 4)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1981/226 (N.I. 6).

M2 S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26).