Amendment of the Social Security Benefits (Maintenance Payments and Consequential Amendments) Regulations
20.—(1) The Social Security Benefits (Maintenance Payments and Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “the Act” insert—
““the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008;”.
(3) In regulation 2(c) (interpretation for the purposes of section 72A of the Act)—
(a)omit “or” after sub-paragraph (i); and
(b)after sub-paragraph (ii) add—
“or
(iii)any income which is taken into account under Part 10 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations for the purposes of calculating the amount of employment and support allowance to which the claimant is entitled.”.
(4) In regulation 3 (persons of a prescribed description)—
(a)omit “or” after paragraph (a); and
(b)after paragraph (b) add—
“or
(c)is referred to as a “young person” in the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations by virtue of regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.”.
(5) In regulation 5 (circumstances in which persons are to be treated as being members of the same household)—
(a)omit “either”; and
(b)for “or regulation 78 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” substitute “, regulation 78 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations or regulation 156 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations”.