The Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Lone parent responsible for a child aged 15 who attains the age of 16 after 1st March 2009N.I.

3.—(1) This paragraph applies to a person who falls within this Part of this Schedule if, on the relevant day, that person is responsible for—

(a)a single child aged 15 whose 16th birthday occurs after 1st March 2009, or

(b)more than one child aged 15, the youngest of whom will attain the age of 16 after that date,

who is a member of that person’s household.

(2) Regulation 2 comes into operation in relation to a person to whom this paragraph applies on the earlier of—

(a)the first day of the first benefit week in which a requirement to take part in a work-focused interview would, apart from this Schedule, next have arisen in relation to that person on or after 2nd March 2009, or

(b)the day on which the child in question attains the age of 16.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. para. 3 in operation at 2.12.2008, see reg. 1(1)