2.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (8).
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(a)for the definition of “Grenfell Tower payment”(2) substitute—
““Grenfell Tower payment” means a payment made for the purpose of providing compensation or support in respect of the fire on 14th June 2017 at Grenfell Tower;”;
(b)after the definition of “HSS trust” insert—
““the Horizon system” means any version of the computer system used by the Post Office known as Horizon, Horizon Legacy, Horizon Online or HNG-X;”;
(c)after the definition of “polygamous marriage” insert—
““the Post Office” means Post Office Limited (registered number 02154540);”;
““Post Office compensation payment” means a payment made by the Post Office or the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing compensation or support which is—
in connection with the failings of the Horizon system, or
otherwise payable following the judgment in Bates and Others v Post Office Limited ((No. 3) “Common Issues”)(3)”;
(d)after the definition of “universal credit” insert—
““vaccine damage payment” means a payment made under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979(4);”;
(e)in the definition of “qualifying person”(5), for “or a Windrush payment” substitute “, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment”.
(3) In regulation 42(4ZB)(6) (notional income), after sub-paragraph (c) add—
“(d)a Post Office compensation payment.”.
(4) In regulation 48(10) (income treated as capital)—
(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (ad)(7) omit “or”;
(b)after sub-paragraph (ad) insert—
“(ae)which is a Post Office compensation payment;”.
(5) In regulation 51(3B)(8) (notional capital), after sub-paragraph (c) add—
“(d)a Post Office compensation payment;
(e)a vaccine damage payment.”.
(6) In paragraph 18(8)(b)(9) (non-dependant deductions) of Schedule 3 (housing costs), for “or a Windrush payment” substitute “, Windrush payment or Post Office compensation payment”.
(7) In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), in paragraph 39—
(a)in sub-paragraph (1A)(10), after head (c) add—
“(d)a Post Office compensation payment.”;
(b)in each of sub-paragraphs (2) to (6)(11), for “or a Windrush payment” substitute “, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment”.
(8) In Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 22—
(a)in sub-paragraph (1A)(12), after “Windrush payment” insert “, Post Office compensation payment or vaccine damage payment”;
(b)in each of sub-paragraphs (2) to (6)(13), for “or a Windrush payment” substitute “, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment”.
S.R. 1987 No. 459; amending Rules are S.R. 1992 No. 201, S.R. 2000 No. 241, S.R. 2004 No. 213, S.R. 2005 Nos. 536 and 550, S.R. 2008 No. 428, S.R. 2010 No. 69, S.R. 2011 No. 357, S.R. 2017 Nos. 205 and 219, S.R. 2020 No. 108 and S.R. 2021 No. 345
The definition of “Grenfell Tower payment” was inserted by regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 2020 No. 108
[2019] EWHC 606 (QB)
The definition of “qualifying person” was inserted by regulation 5(2)(b) of S.R. 1992 No. 201 and amended by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 2004 No. 213, regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 2005 No. 550, regulation 2(3)(a) of S.R. 2010 No. 69, regulation 7(2)(b) of S.R. 2011 No. 357, regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 2017 No. 205, regulation 2(2)(c) of S.R. 2017 No. 219, regulation 2(b) of S.R. 2020 No. 108 and regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 2021 No. 345
Regulation 42(4ZB) was inserted by regulation 2(3)(c) of S.R. 2020 No. 108 and amended by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2021 No. 345
Sub-paragraph (ad) was inserted by regulation 2(4) of S.R. 2021 No. 345
Regulation 51(3B) was inserted by regulation 2(5)(c) of S.R. 2020 No. 108 and amended by regulation 2(5) of S.R. 2021 No. 345
Paragraph 18(8)(b) was amended by regulation 2(5)(e) of S.R. 2008 No. 428, regulation 2(3)(e) and (7)(d) of S.R. 2010 No. 69, regulation 7(5)(c) of S.R. 2011 No. 357, regulation 2(3)(d) of S.R. 2017 No. 205, regulation 2(3)(d) of S.R. 2017 No. 219, regulation 2(10) of S.R. 2020 No. 108 and regulation 2(6) of S.R. 2021 No. 345
Sub-paragraph (1A) was inserted by regulation 2(11)(b)(ii) of S.R. 2020 No. 108 and substituted by regulation 2(7)(b) of S.R. 2021 No. 345
Sub-paragraphs (2) to (6) were amended by regulation 2(7)(c) of S.R. 2021 No. 345. Sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) were also amended by regulation 5(8)(a)(ii) to (v) of S.R. 1992 No. 201, Article 2(3) and paragraph 12(9)(b) of Schedule 3 to S.R. 2005 No. 536, regulation 2(7)(f) of S.R. 2010 No. 69 and regulation 2(12)(a)(iii) of S.R. 2020 No. 108. Sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) were also amended by regulation 3(5) of S.R. 2000 No. 241 and sub-paragraph (6) was amended by regulation 2(12)(a)(iv) of S.R. 2020 No. 108
Sub-paragraph (1A) was inserted by regulation 2(12)(a)(ii) of S.R. 2020 No. 108 and substituted by regulation 2(8)(a)(i) of S.R. 2021 No. 345
Sub-paragraphs (2) to (6) were amended by regulation 2(8)(a)(ii) of S.R. 2021 No. 345. Sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) were also amended by regulation 5(8)(a)(ii) to (v) of S.R. 1992 No. 201, Article 2(3) and paragraph 12(9)(b) of Schedule 3 to S.R. 2005 No. 536, regulation 2(7)(f) of S.R. 2010 No. 69 and regulation 2(12)(a)(iii) of S.R. 2020 No. 108. Sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) were also amended by regulation 3(5) of S.R. 2000 No. 241 and sub-paragraph (6) was amended by regulation 2(12)(a)(iv) of S.R. 2020 No. 108