The Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2002 No. 83

WELFARE FOODS

The Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made

7th March 2002

Coming into operation

1st April 2002

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1), in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 13(3) and (4) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1988(2) and section 171(2) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2002.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Welfare Foods Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988(4).

Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations

2.—(1) Regulation 4(5) of the principal Regulations (purchase of dried milk at a reduced price) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (1) for “£4·05” there shall be substituted “£4·10”.

(3) In paragraph (1A), for “£71” there shall be substituted “£72·20”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 7th March 2002.

L.S.

Leslie Frew

Senior Officer of the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Welfare Foods Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 (the principal Regulations).

Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 4(1) of the principal Regulations to increase the purchase price of 900 grammes of dried milk by 5 pence to £4·10.

Regulation 2(3) amends regulation 4(1A) to increase from £71 to £72·20 the amount of the reduction in the appropriate maximum, not to be exceeded to establish entitlement to working families' tax credit for the purposes of regulation 4(1).

(1)

See S.I.1999/283 (N.I. 1); Article 3(6)

(2)

S.I.1988/594 (N.I. 2); Article 13(4) was amended by section 4 of and paragraph 35(1) of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Northern Ireland Act 1992 (c. 9)

(3)

1992 c. 7; section 171(2) to (5) is applied by Article 15A of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1988, which Article was inserted by Article 22(1) of and paragraph 6(9) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1511 (N.I. 15)), and amended by section 4 of and paragraph 35(4) and (5) of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9)

(4)

S.R. 1988 No. 137, the relevant amending Regulations are S.R.1999 No. 397 and S.R. 2001 No. 139

(5)

Regulation 4(1) and (1A) is substituted by Regulation 3 of S.R.1999 No. 397