17.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), after paragraph 75 insert—
“76. Any disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.”.
(3) In Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 7(1)(a), for “8, 9 or 72A” substitute “8, 9, 72A or 76”.
18.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(2) are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), after paragraph 71 insert—
“72. Any disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.”.
(3) In Schedule 7 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 12(1)(a), for “9, 10 or 68A” substitute “9, 10, 68A or 72”.
19.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(3) 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.”.
20.—(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(4) are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), after paragraph 68 insert—
“69. Any disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.”.
(3) In Schedule 7 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 9(1)(a), for “9 or 10” substitute “9, 10 or 69”.
21.—(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(5) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 27 (meaning of “income”), after paragraph (1)(h)(xvd) insert—
“(xve)disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;”.
(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 7 (capital to be disregarded generally), in paragraph 21(2), after paragraph (q) insert—
“(r)disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;”.
22.—(1) The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(6) are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 8 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), after paragraph 66 insert—
“67. Any disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.”.
(3) In Schedule 9 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 11(1)(a), for “8,10,11 or 62” substitute “8, 10, 11, 62 or 67”.
S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending instruments are S.I 2019/1060 and S.R. 2019 No. 195.
S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/1060 and S.R. 2019 No. 195.
S.R. 2003 No. 28; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/1060 and S.R. 2019 No. 195.
S.R. 2006 No. 405; relevant amending instrument is S.I 2019/1060.
S.R. 2006 No. 406; relevant amending instruments are S.I 2019/1060 and S.R. 2019 No. 195.
S.R. 2008 No. 280; relevant amending instruments is S.I. 2019/1060.