Amendment of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations
2.—(1) The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) for the definitions of “40% of the basic pension” and “60% of the basic pension”(2) there shall be substituted the following definitions –
““38% of the basic pension” means an amount equal to 38% of the basic pension rounded to the nearest 5 pence, 2½ pence being rounded to the next 5 pence above;
“58% of the basic pension” means an amount equal to 58% of the basic pension rounded to the nearest 5 pence, 2½ pence being rounded to the next 5 pence above;”.
(3) In regulation 6(1)(3) (adjustment of personal benefit after 52 weeks in hospital) –
(a)for “paragraphs (3) and (4)” there shall be substituted “paragraph (3)”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (b) for “40%” there shall be substituted “38%”; and
(c)in sub-paragraph (c) for “60%” there shall be substituted “58%”.
S.R. 1975 No. 109; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1977 No. 316, S.R. 1987 No. 391 and S.R. 2003 No. 261
The definition of “60% of the basic pension” was inserted by regulation 2(2)(a)(iv) of S.R. 1987 No. 391
Regulation 6 was amended by regulation 3(2) of S.R. 1977 No. 316, regulation 2(6) of S.R. 1987 No. 391 and regulation 2(6) of S.R. 2003 No. 261