The Social Security (Transitional Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision for the payment of a one-off transitional payment and an adjusting payment of benefit.

Regulation 2 provides for a one-off transitional payment to be made where payments to persons in receipt of income support, widowed mother’s allowance, widowed parent’s allowance and widow’s pension are changed from weekly in advance to weekly in arrears.

Regulation 3 makes provision for an adjusting payment of benefit to be made where payments to persons in receipt of incapacity benefit, income support, severe disablement allowance, widowed mother’s allowance, widowed parent’s allowance and widow’s pension are changed from weekly in arrears to fortnightly in arrears.

Regulation 4 makes provision for the recovery of an adjusting payment of benefit.

These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.