The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

4.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

(a) in the appropriate places insert—

““Grenfell Tower payment” means a payment made to a person because that person was affected by the fire on 14th June 2017 at Grenfell Tower, or a payment to the personal representative of such a person—

(a)

from the £5 million fund announced on 16th June 2017 for the benefit of certain persons affected by the fire on 14th June 2017 at Grenfell Tower and known as the Grenfell Tower Residents’ Discretionary Fund;

(b)

by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; or

(c)

by a registered charity;”;

““the National Emergencies Trust” means the registered charity of that name (number 1182809) established on 28th March 2019;”;

(b) in the definition of “qualifying person”—

(i) after “means a person in respect of whom” insert “a Grenfell Tower payment has been made or”, and

(ii) after “the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” insert “, the National Emergencies Trust”.

(3) In Schedule 2 (housing costs) in paragraph 14(8)—

(a) in paragraph (b), after “the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” insert “, the National Emergencies Trust”;

(b) after paragraph (b), insert—

“(ba) any Grenfell Tower payment;”.

(4) In Schedule 5 (income from capital)—

(a) in paragraph 15—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1), after “the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” insert “, the National Emergencies Trust”,

(ii) after sub-paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) Any Grenfell Tower payment or any payment made under the Child Migrants Trust (registered charity number 1171479).”,

(iii) in each of sub-paragraphs (2) to (5), after “Trusts to which sub-paragraph (1) refers” insert “, or from a Grenfell Tower payment,”,

(iv) in sub-paragraph (6), after “or deriving from any of the Trusts” insert “or from a Grenfell Tower payment”, and

(v) in sub-paragraph (7), after “the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund” insert “, the National Emergencies Trust”;

(b) in paragraph 20 after sub-paragraph (1)(d), insert—

“(e) to rectify, or to compensate for, an error made by an officer of the Department which was not caused or materially contributed to by any person outside the Department and which prevented or delayed an assessment of the claimant’s entitlement to contributory employment and support allowance.”;

(c) in paragraph 20A—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1), for “relevant benefit and has been” substitute “relevant benefit, or to which paragraph 20(1)(e) applies, and which has been”, and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (2)—

(aa) in paragraph (c), after “paragraph 9(2)” insert “or 9A”; and

(bb) after paragraph (e), insert—

“(f) regulations 8A to 8C of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(2);”.

(1)

S.R. 2003 No. 28; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 2003 No. 421, S.R. 2004 No. 213, S.R. 2005 Nos. 536 and 550, S.R. 2006 No. 407, S.R. 2008 No. 428, S.R. 2010 No. 69, S.R. 2011 No. 357, S.R. 2016 No. 236, S.R. 2017 Nos. 205 and 219 and S.R. 2018 No. 150.

(2)

S.R. 2016 No. 226.