The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987

25.—(1) Any payment made to the claimant in respect of a child or young person who is a member of his family which is a payment made by a local authority, as defined in section 107 of the Children Act 1975(1) in pursuance of section 34(6) or, as the case may be, section 50 thereof (contributions to a custodian towards the cost of the accommodation and maintenance of a child), to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) In the case of a child or young person—

(a) to whom regulation 44(5) (capital in excess of £3,000) applies, the whole payment;

(b) to whom that regulation does not apply, so much of the weekly amount of the payment as exceeds the applicable amount in respect of that child or young person and where applicable to him any amount by way of a disabled child premium.

(1)

1975 c. 72; section 34 was substituted by section 64 of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22)