Amendment of paragraph 7A of Schedule 8A to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations

4.  In paragraph 7A of Schedule 8A to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) (payments in place of payments of child support maintenance)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (2)—

(i) for “Subject to sub-paragraph (3)” there shall be substituted “Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (3A)”;

(ii) after “weekly amount” there shall be inserted “, as prescribed by regulation 28(2) of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 for the purposes of Article 40(2)(a) of the Child Support (Northern Ireland) Order 1991,”;

(iii) the words “equal to 5 per cent. of the personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25 years” shall be omitted;

(b) after sub-paragraph (3) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(3A) Where, apart from the provisions of this sub-paragraph, the provisions of paragraphs 8(2) and 9 would result in the maximum aggregate amount payable equalling 2 times 5 per cent. of the personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25 years, the amount of specified benefit to be paid under this paragraph shall be one half of the amount specified in sub-paragraph (2).”.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 67 and S.R. 1993 No. 146