Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reduction of Grant) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Schedule 3

17.  In Schedule 3 (Sums to be disregarded in the determination of income other than earnings) –

(a) in paragraph 2, after “incurred” insert “, or to be incurred,”;

(b) in paragraph 11(1), for sub-paragraph (d) substitute –

“(d) any child care expenses reimbursed to the relevant person in respect of his participation in a New Deal option, in the Preparation for Employment Programme or in the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus;”;

(c) after paragraph 15 insert –

“15A.   Subject to paragraph 33, £15 of any –

(a) widowed mother’s allowance paid pursuant to section 37 of the 1992 Act;

(b) widowed parent’s allowance paid pursuant to section 39A of the 1992 Act(2).”;

(d) in paragraph 33(3), for “and 15” substitute “, 15 and 15A”;

(e) for paragraph 60(4) substitute –

“60.   Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 in respect of that person’s participation in –

(a) an employment programme specified in –

(i) regulation 75(1)(a)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Voluntary Sector Option of the New Deal);

(ii) regulation 75(1)(a)(iii) of those Regulations (Environment Task Force Option of the New Deal) or;

(b) the Preparation for Employment Programme or in the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus.”;

(f) in paragraph 63(5), for “the intensive activity period (New Deal) programme” substitute “the Preparation for Employment Programme”;

(g) in paragraph 64(6), for “the intensive activity period (New Deal) programme” substitute “the Preparation for Employment Programme”;

(h) at the end of that Schedule, add –

“66.   Any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(7).”.

(1)

Paragraph 11 was amended by S.R. 1998 No. 396

(2)

Section 39A was inserted by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)

(3)

Paragraph 33 was amended by S.R. 1999 No. 387

(4)

Paragraph 60 was inserted by S.R. 1999 No. 387

(5)

Paragraph 63 was inserted by S.R. 1999 No. 387

(6)

Paragraph 64 was inserted by S.R. 1999 No. 387

(7)

S.R. 2001 No. 216