The Income-Related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance: income treated as capital

4.—(1) In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2), for paragraph (8) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(8) Any payment made by an authority, as defined in Article 2 of the Children Order, which represents arrears of payments under Article 15 of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to, the Children Order (contribution by an authority to child’s maintenance) or any payment made by a local authority, as defined in section 107 of the Children Act 1975, which represents arrears of payments under section 50 of the Children Act 1975 (contributions to a custodian towards the cost of accommodation and maintenance of a child) or any payment made by a local authority, as defined in section 105 of the Children Act 1989, which represents arrears of payments under paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 (power of a local authority to make contributions to a person with whom a child lives as a result of a residence order) shall be treated as capital.”.

(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) regulation 48 of the Income Support Regulations (income treated as capital);

(b) regulation 110 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (income treated as capital).