Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) RegulationsN.I.
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6.—(1) The Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016(1), are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In regulation 5(1) (payment on account of benefit where there is no award of benefit)—
(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (b) omit “and”;
(b)at the end of sub-paragraph (c) omit “.” and insert “; and”;
(c)after sub-paragraph (c) insert—
“(d)where the payment on account of benefit is to be on account of universal credit, A has been allocated a national insurance number.”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 6 in operation at 3.4.2024, see reg. 1(2)(c)