Amendment of regulation 1 of the Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations10.

(1)

Regulation 1 of the Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation)13 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2)

In paragraph (2)—

(a)

after the definition of “family” there shall be inserted the following definition—
  • ““family credit” has the same meaning as in section 128 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”;

(b)

after the definition of “Contributions and Benefits Act” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 199214;”;

(c)

in the definition of “personal pension scheme”, for the words “section 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986” there shall be substituted the words “section 1 of the Pensions Schemes Act 199315”;

(d)

after the definition of “prisoner” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““profit-related pay” means any payment by an employer calculated by reference to actual or anticipated profits;”.

(3)

In paragraph (2A)—

(a)

after the words “Benefits Act” in each place in which they occur there shall be inserted the words “or, as the case may be, the Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act”;

(b)

in head (ii) of sub-paragraph (e) the words “or under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992” shall be omitted.