The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Regulation 16

SCHEDULE 2AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS

1.—(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 6A(2) (claims by persons subject to work-focused interviews) –

(a)for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

“(1) This regulation applies to any person who is required to take part in a work-focused interview in accordance with regulations made under section 2A(1)(a) of the Administration Act.”;

(b)for paragraph (5) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

“(5) In regulation 4 and this regulation, “work-focused interview” means an interview which a person is required to take part in under the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.”.

(3) In regulation 19(5)(d)(3) (time for claiming benefit), after “Department”, there shall be inserted “, the Department for Employment and Learning”.

2.  In regulation 72(4) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(4) (time and manner in which claims are to be made), sub-paragraph (d) shall be omitted.

3.  In regulation 1(2) of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(5) (interpretation), for the definition of “designated authority” there shall be substituted the following definition –

““designated authority” means the Department or the Department for Employment and Learning;”.

4.  In regulation 1(2) of the Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(6) (interpretation), for the definition of “designated authority” there shall be substituted the following definition –

““designated authority” means the Department or the Department for Employment and Learning;”.

5.  In the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(7) –

(a)in regulation 1(2)(interpretation) –

(i)for the definition of “designated authority”(8) there shall be substituted the following definition –

““designated authority” means the Department or the Department for Employment and Learning;”;

(ii)for the definition of “work-focused interview”(9), there shall be substituted the following definition –

““work-focused interview” means an interview which a person is required to take part in under the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;”;

(iii)the definition of “the Work-focused Interviews Regulations”(10) shall be omitted;

(b)in regulation 3(11) (revision of decisions), for sub-paragraph (e)(11), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph –

“(e)in the case of a person who is, or would be, required to take part in a work-focused interview, an office of the Department which is designated by the Department as a Jobs and Benefits Office for the purposes of the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.”.

6.  At the end of regulation 4(d) of the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(12) (circumstances where requirement to take part in an interview does not apply) there shall be added “, or the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003”.

7.  In the Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(13) –

(a)in regulation 1(2) (interpretation) –

(i)the definitions of “designated authority”, “work-focused interview” and “the Work-focused Interviews Regulations” shall be omitted;

(ii)in the definition of “official error”, paragraph (c) shall be omitted;

(b)in regulation 4(7) (revision of decisions), the words from “or, in a case” to the end of the paragraph shall be omitted;

(c)in regulation 5(3)(c) (late application for a revision), the words from “, or in a case” to the end of the sub-paragraph shall be omitted;

(d)in regulation 7 (decisions superseding earlier decisions) –

(i)paragraph (2)(e) shall be omitted;

(ii)in paragraph (7), the words from “or, in a case” to the end of the paragraph shall be omitted;

(e)in regulation 20(1)(c) (making of appeals and applications), the words from “, or in a case” to the end of the sub-paragraph shall be omitted.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1997 No. 156 and S.R. 2001 Nos. 175 and 176

(2)

Regulation 6A was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to S.R. 2001 No. 176

(3)

Regulation 19 was substituted by regulation 3(7) of S.R. 1997 No. 156 and sub-paragraph (d) was amended by paragraph 2(7) of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2001 No. 175

(4)

S.R. 1987 No. 461; sub-paragraph (d) was added by regulation 8(2) of S.R. 2001 No. 175

(5)

S.R. 1992 No. 340; the definition of “designated authority” was inserted by paragraph 8(a) of Schedule 4 to S.R. 2001 No. 176

(6)

S.R. 1996 No. 541; the definition of “designated authority” was inserted by paragraph 9(a) of Schedule 4 to S.R. 2001 No. 176

(7)

S.R. 1999 No. 162; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2001 No. 176

(8)

The definition of “designated authority” was inserted by paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 4 to S.R. 2001 No. 176

(9)

The definition of “work-focused interview” was inserted by paragraph 2(d) of Schedule 4 to S.R. 2001 No. 176

(10)

The definition of “Work-focused Interviews Regulations” was inserted by paragraph 2(d) of Schedule 4 to S.R. 2001 No. 176

(11)

Sub-paragraph (e) was added by paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 4 to S.R. 2001 No. 176

(12)

S.R. 2001 No. 152; paragraph (d) was added by regulation 15(4) of S.R. 2001 No. 176