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163 Certain benefit to be inalienable.N.I.
(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act, every assignment of, or charge on—
[(zb)state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;]
(a)benefit as defined in section 121 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
[(aa)a jobseeker’s allowance;
[(ab)state pension credit;]]
[(ac)an employment and support allowance;]
[(ad)personal independence payment;]
[(ae)bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015;]
(b)any income-related benefit; or
(c)child benefit,
and every agreement to assign or charge such benefit shall be void; and, on the bankruptcy of a beneficiary, such benefit shall not pass to any trustee or other person acting on behalf of his creditors.
(2)In calculating for the purposes of Article 30, 73(5)(b), 99(6)(b) or 107 of the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or Article 101(5)(b) of the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 the means of any beneficiary, no account shall be taken of any increase of disablement benefit in respect of a child, or of industrial death benefit.
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