Amendment of the Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations21

1

The Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996175 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

2

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “effective date” insert—

  • “income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (employment and support allowance);

3

In regulation 9176 (departure directions and persons in receipt of income support, state pension credit, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, or working tax credit)—

a

in the heading after “state pension credit” insert “, income-related employment and support allowance,”; and

b

after “state pension credit” in each place where it occurs insert “, income-related employment and support allowance”.

4

In regulation 12177 (meaning of “benefit” for the purposes of Article 28E of the Order) after “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” insert “, income-related employment and support allowance”.