The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988

Duplication and maintenance payments

9.  For the purposes of Article 28(3) of the Order (recovery of amount of benefit awarded because maintenance payments not made), the following benefits are prescribed—

(a) child benefit;

(b) increases for dependants of any benefit under the Act;

(c) child's special allowance under section 31 of the Act(1); and

(d) guardian's allowance.

(1)

Section 31 was amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 4 to the Child Benefit (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 and Article 18(2) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/610 (N.I. 11)). Child's special allowance is abolished except for existing beneficiaries by Article 41 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 from 6th April 1987