The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Payment of personal independence payment N.I.

43.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation and regulation 45, personal independence payment is to be paid at intervals of 4 weeks in arrears.

(2) In the case of any person to whom Article 87 of the 2015 Order (terminal illness) applies, the Department may arrange that personal independence payment is to be paid at intervals of one week in advance.

(3) Where the amount of personal independence payment payable is less than £5∙00 a week the Department may arrange that it is to be paid in arrears at such intervals as may be specified not exceeding 12 months.

[F1 (4) The Department may pay arrears of personal independence payment in instalments where—

(a) the department considers it is necessary for protecting the interests of the claimant; and

(b) the claimant agrees that those arrears may be paid in instalments.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 43(4) inserted (18.10.2021) by The Social Security Benefits (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/267), regs. 1(1), 3(3)