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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance, Young Carer Grants, Short-term Assistance and Winter Heating Assistance) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2021 No. 886
19.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 15(1) (income for the purposes of the Act), after sub-paragraph (qc) insert—
“(qd)disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;”.
(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 5 (capital disregarded for the purpose of calculating income), in paragraph 20(2), after head (s) insert—
“(t)disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.”.
S.R. 2003 No. 28; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/1060 and S.R. 2019 No. 195.
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