The Social Security (Capital Disregards Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Income support, housing benefit and jobseeker’s allowance: capital disregard

2.  There shall be added as—

(a) paragraph 57 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) (capital to be disregarded);

(b) paragraph 59 of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2) (capital to be disregarded);

(c) paragraph 51 of Schedule 7 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(3) (capital to be disregarded);

the following paragraph—

• “Where an ex-gratia payment of £10,000 has been made by the Secretary of State on or after 1st February 2001 in consequence of the imprisonment or internment of—

  (a)

  the claimant;

  (b)

  the claimant’s partner;

  (c)

  the claimant’s deceased spouse, or

  (d)

  the claimant’s partner’s deceased spouse,

  by the Japanese during the Second World War, £10,000.”.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 459; paragraph 56 was added by regulation 2(3) and (4)(b) of S.R. 2000 No. 2

(2)

S.R. 1987 No. 461; paragraph 58 was added by regulation 2(3) and (4)(a) of S.R. 2000 No. 2

(3)

S.R. 1996 No. 198; paragraph 50 was added by regulation 2(3) and (4)(c) of S.R. 2000 No. 2