PART 1INTRODUCTION
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Supplementary Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017.
(2) These Regulations come into operation on 6th February 2017.
Amendments to welfare supplementary payment regime
2. These Regulations amend the welfare supplementary payment regime as follows—
(a)Part 2 makes provision for the recovery of overpayments of welfare supplementary payments,
(b)Part 3 makes amendments to welfare supplementary payments in respect of the benefit cap,
(c)Part 4 makes amendments to welfare supplementary payments in respect of contributory employment and support allowance,
(d)Part 5 makes amendments to welfare supplementary payments in respect of loss of disability-related premiums,
(e)Part 6 makes amendments to welfare supplementary payments in respect of loss of carer payments, and
(f)Part 7 makes amendments to welfare supplementary payments in respect of loss of disability living allowances.
Non-retrospective effect of provisions terminating or reducing welfare supplementary payment
3. Where an amendment made by these Regulations would have the effect of terminating or reducing a welfare supplementary payment to which a person is entitled, that termination or reduction only has effect from the date on which the amendment comes into operation.