31.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “board and lodging accommodation” insert—
““carer support payment” means carer’s assistance given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023;”.
(3) In paragraph 4(b) of Schedule 1B (prescribed categories of person)—
(a)after “carer’s allowance” insert “or carer support payment”;
(b)for “that allowance” substitute “a carer’s allowance”.
(4) In Schedule 2 (applicable amounts)—
(a)in paragraph 7—
(i)at the end of sub-paragraph (1)(a) omit “and”;
(ii)at the end of sub-paragraph (1)(b) insert “and”;
(iii)after sub-paragraph (1)(b) insert—
“(c)in the case of carer support payment, for any period during which, apart from regulation 16 of the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023, he would be in receipt of that benefit.”;
(iv)in sub-paragraph (2)—
(aa)after “carer’s allowance by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a)” insert “or carer support payment by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(c)”;
(bb)after “the allowance” insert “or payment”;
(b)in paragraph 13—
(i)in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii), after “under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act” insert “or carer support payment”;
(ii)in the words after sub-paragraph (2)(b)(iii)—
(aa)after “carer’s allowance” insert “or carer support payment”;
(bb)after “such an allowance” insert “or payment”;
(iii)in sub-paragraph (3ZA), after “carer’s allowance” insert “, carer support payment”;
(iv)in sub-paragraph (3A)(b), after “carer’s allowance”, in both places it occurs, insert “or carer support payment”;
(c)in paragraph 14ZA—
(i)in sub-paragraph (1), after “a carer’s allowance under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act” insert “or carer support payment”;
(ii)in sub-paragraphs (3), (3A) and (4), after “carer’s allowance”, in each place it occurs, insert “or carer support payment”;
(iii)in sub-paragraph (3A) and (4), after “that allowance”, in each place it occurs, insert “or payment”;
(d)in paragraph 15—
(i)in sub-paragraph (5)(b)(i), after “carer’s allowance” insert “or carer support payment”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (5)(b)(ii), after “such an allowance” insert “or payment”.
(5) In paragraph 6A(1) of Schedule 8 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings), after “carer’s allowance”, in the first place it occurs, insert “or carer support payment”.
(6) In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), after paragraph 77 add—
“78. Any amount of carer support payment that is in excess of the amount the claimant would receive if they had an entitlement to carer’s allowance under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act.”.
S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending instruments are S.R. 1988 No. 146, S.R. 1990 No. 346, S.R. 1991 No. 338, S.R. 1992 No. 6, S.R. 1993 No. 120, S.R. 1994 No. 327, S.R. 1996 No. 199, S.R. 2000 Nos. 74 and 366, S.R. 2002 Nos. 80, 322 and 323, S.R. 2003 No. 417, S.R. 2007 No. 154, S.R. 2011 Nos. 109 and 291, S.I. 2013/3021, S.R. 2016 Nos. 228 and 236, S.I. 2021/786 and S.I. 2022/177.