Amendment of the Income Support RegulationsN.I.

3.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 M1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In regulation 4ZA M2 (prescribed category of person) omit paragraph (3)(a) M3.

(3) In regulation 13(2) M4 (circumstances in which persons in relevant education are to be entitled to income support) omit sub-paragraph (bc) M5.

(4) In regulation 21AA(4) M6 (special cases: supplemental—persons from abroad)—

(a)for sub-paragraph (h) M7 substitute—

(h)a person who has been granted leave or who is deemed to have been granted leave outside the rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 M8 where that leave is—

(i)discretionary leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom;

(ii)leave to remain under the Destitution Domestic Violence concession M9, or

(iii)leave deemed to have been granted by virtue of regulation 3 of the Displaced Persons (Temporary Protection) Regulations 2005 M10;;

(b)at the end of sub-paragraph (hh) add “ or ”; and

(c)omit sub-paragraphs (j) and (k) M11.

(5) Omit regulation 22B M12 (period for which applicable amount is to be calculated where person not excluded from income support under section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act).

Marginal Citations

M1S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1989 No. 249, S.R. 1991 No. 338, S.R. 1996 No. 199, S.R. 2000 No. 71, S.R. 2006 Nos. 128, 178 and 379, S.R. 2008 No. 112, S.R. 2009 Nos. 68 and 418 and S.R. 2010 No. 6

M2Regulation 4ZA was inserted by regulation 4 of S.R. 1996 No. 199

M3Paragraph 3(a) was amended by regulation 5(3) of S.R. 2000 No. 71

M4Regulation 13(2) was amended by regulation 4 of S.R. 1989 No. 249, regulation 6(a) of S.R. 1991 No. 338, regulation 2(4)(a) of S.R. 2008 No. 112 and regulation 2(1)(a) of S.R. 2009 No. 418

M5Sub-paragraph (bc) was substituted by regulation 2(3)(b) of S.R. 2006 No. 128

M6Regulation 21AA was inserted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2006 No. 178

M7Sub-paragraph (h) was substituted by regulation 2 of S.R. 2006 No. 379

M9The Destitution Domestic Violence concession is published by the Home Office at: http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/

M11Sub-paragraph (k) was added by regulation 2(b) of S.R. 2009 No. 68

M12Regulation 22B was inserted by regulation 3(2)(c) of S.R. 2010 No. 6