The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

26.—(1) Any payment made to the claimant in respect of a child or young person who is a member of his family—

(a) in accordance with a scheme approved by the Department under Article 59(4) of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987(1) (schemes for payments of allowances to adopters);

(b) in accordance with a scheme approved by the Secretary of State under section 57(4) of the Adoption Act 1976(2) or, as the case may be, section 51(5) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978(3) (schemes for payments of allowances to adopters);

(c) which is a payment made by a local authority in pursuance of section 15(1) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to, the Children Act 1989(4) (local authority contribution to a child’s maintenance where the child is living with a person as a result of a residence order),

to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (2).

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

(a) to whom regulation 106(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)

S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22)

(2)

1976 c. 36

(3)

1978 c. 28

(4)

1989 c. 41