The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

Amendment of the Income Support Regulations

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

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

(3) In regulation 13(2)(4) (circumstances in which persons in relevant education are to be entitled to income support) omit sub-paragraph (bc)(5).

(4) In regulation 21AA(4)(6) (special cases: supplemental—persons from abroad)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (h)(7) 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(8) 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 (9), or

(iii) leave deemed to have been granted by virtue of regulation 3 of the Displaced Persons (Temporary Protection) Regulations 2005(10);”;

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

(c) omit sub-paragraphs (j) and (k)(11).

(5) Omit regulation 22B(12) (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).

(1)

S.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

(2)

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

(3)

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

(4)

Regulation 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

(5)

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

(6)

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

(7)

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

(8)

1991 c. 77

(9)

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

(10)

S.I. 2005/1379

(11)

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

(12)

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