1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 5th January 2000.
2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

2 Amendment of Schedule 1B to the Income Support (General) Regulations
After paragraph 14 of Schedule 1B to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (prescribed categories of person: pregnancy) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“14A Parental leave
1 A person who is—
(a) entitled to, and taking, parental leave by virtue of Part III of the Maternity and Parental Leave, etc Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 in respect of a child who is a member of his household;
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(b) not entitled to any remuneration from his employer in respect of that leave for the period to which his claim for income support relates; and
(c) entitled to working families' tax credit, disabled person’s tax credit or housing benefit on the day before that leave begins.
Family credit and disability working allowance are known respectively as working families' tax credit and disabled person’s tax credit by virtue of section 1 of the Tax Credits Act 1999 (c. 10) as from 5th October 1999
2 In this paragraph “remuneration” means payment of any kind.”

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Schedule 1B was inserted by Schedule 1 to S.R. 1996 No. 199
S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 199
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 20th December 1999.
John O'Neill Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development