Made | 14th March 2006 | ||
Coming into operation | 12th April 2006 |
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[5] shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations
2.
In regulation 5(2) of the principal Regulations (lesser incapacity allowances) for "13th April 2005" there shall be substituted "12th April 2006".
Substitution of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations
3.
For Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (table of rates of lesser incapacity allowance for beneficiaries to whom regulation 5(2) applies and table of loss of earnings and corresponding rates of lesser incapacity allowance) there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Transitional provision relating to amount of allowance payable
4.
Where—
the beneficiary shall be treated as entitled, from the operative date, to an allowance at the rate to which he would have been entitled had the final calculation been made before that date.
Transitional provision relating to claims not made, or made but not determined, before the operative date
5.
Where—
(b) such allowance is found to be payable in respect of a period before the operative date,
the rate payable in respect of the period before the operative date shall be that which would have been payable had the amendment to the principal Regulations made by regulation 3 not been made.
Transitional provision relating to revision and appeal
6.
Where a lesser incapacity allowance has been awarded to a person under the principal Regulations before the operative date and a question arises as to the weekly rate of allowance payable in consequence of these Regulations, the case shall be reconsidered in the light of the amendments made by, and transitional provisions contained in, these Regulations and the allowance shall continue to be payable at the weekly rate specified in the award until the question has been determined in accordance with the provisions of the principal Regulations.
Revocation
7.
The Workmen's Compensation (Supplementation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005[6] are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on
14th March 2006.
L.S.
John O'Neill
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel consents to the foregoing Regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on
14th March 2006.
L.S.
Richard Pengelly
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
Rate of lesser incapacity allowance from 13th April 2005 to 11th April 2006 | Rate of lesser incapacity allowance from 12th April 2006 |
£ | £ |
3.80 | 3.90 |
10.20 | 10.50 |
17.25 | 17.70 |
25.00 | 25.70 |
35.95 | 36.90 |
45.70 | 46.95 |
Loss of earnings | Rate of lesser incapacity allowance |
£ | £ |
12.75 | 3.90 |
27.90 | 10.50 |
43.20 | 17.70 |
51.00 | 25.70 |
62.25 | 36.90 |
Over 62.25 | 46.95" |
[2] 1992 c. 8; paragraph 1(7) of Schedule 6 was amended by paragraph 90 of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))back
[3] See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481back
[4] S.R. 1983 No. 101; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1990 No. 445 and S.R. 2005 No. 142back