(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
Regulation 1 provides for citation and commencement.
Regulation 2(2) amends regulation 9 so that for employed earners any payment in respect of expenses relating to participation in a service user group is not included as earnings.
Regulation 2(3) amends regulation 11 to add reference to design, patent, and trade mark rights and to payments under the Public Lending Right Scheme and its foreign equivalents.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.