The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations

2.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) after paragraph 71(2) the following paragraph shall be added –

“72.   Any payment made by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to the claimant or his partner, or to another person on their behalf, relating to housing support services under Article 4 of the Housing Support Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2002(3), where the claimant or his partner qualified for that payment.”.

(3) In Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded) –

(a) at the end of paragraph 25(4) there shall be added “or, where that dwelling is occupied as the home by the former partner who is a lone parent, for as long as it is so occupied”;

(b) after paragraph 61(5) the following paragraph shall be added –

“62.   Any payment made by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to the claimant or his partner, or to another person on their behalf, relating to housing support services under Article 4 of the Housing Support Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2002, where the claimant or his partner qualified for that payment.”.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 193 and S.R. 2001 Nos. 261 and 392

(2)

Paragraph 71 was added by regulation 2(b) of S.R. 2001 No. 261

(3)

S.I. 2002/3154 (N.I. 8)

(4)

Paragraph 25 was added by regulation 3(b) of S.R. 1988 No. 193

(5)

Paragraph 61 was added by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 2001 No. 392