The Social Security (Amendment) (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

14.  In regulation 148 (applicable amount in urgent cases)—

(a)in paragraph (1)(a), “(b), ” shall be omitted;

(b)paragraph (1)(b) shall be omitted;

(c)in paragraph (1)(c), after “applicable amount shall” there shall be inserted “, subject to paragraph (1A),”;

(d)in paragraph (1)(d), “(b) or” shall be omitted;

(e)after paragraph (1), there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(1A) Paragraph (1)(c) shall only apply where the claimant was resident in residential accommodation on 7th April 2002 and shall only continue to apply to that claimant after that date for so long as he continues to be resident in such accommodation..