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Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations

12.—(1) The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) omit the definitions of “bereavement benefit” and “bereavement payment”(2).

(3) In regulation 8(1) (duplication and prescribed payments) for sub-paragraph (h)(3) substitute—

(h)any widowed parent’s allowance under section 39A(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act;.

(1)

S.R.1988 No. 142; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2001 No. 108

(2)

The definitions of “bereavement benefit” and “bereavement payment” were inserted by regulation 11(2) of S.R. 2001 No. 108

(3)

Sub-paragraph (h) was added by regulation 11(3) of S.R. 2001 No. 108

(4)

Section 39A was inserted by Article 52(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)) and amended by paragraph 74 of Schedule 24, and Schedule 30, to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33); paragraph 29(2) and (3) of Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6) and section 47 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2 (N.I.))