Made | 4th July 2006 | ||
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1 |
(3) In these Regulations—
(4) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[8] shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Amendment of the Income Support Regulations
2.
—(1) The Income Support Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In regulations 62(2A)[9](calculation of grant income) and 66A(5)[10] (treatment of student loans)—
(3) Omit regulation 62(2B)[11].
(4) After regulation 66B insert—
Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations
3.
—(1) The Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987[15] shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In regulations 53(2A)[16] (calculation of grant income) and 57A(5)[17] (treatment of student loans)—
(3) For regulation 53(2B)[18] substitute—
(4) After regulation 57A insert—
Amendment of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations
4.
—(1) The Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996[19] shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In regulations 131(3)[20] (calculation of grant income) and 136(5)[21] (treatment of student loans)—
(3) Omit regulation 131(3A)[22].
(4) After regulation 136A insert—
Revocation
5.
The Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005[23] are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on
4th July 2006
L.S.
John O'Neill
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel consents to regulation 3.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on
4th July 2006
L.S.
Fiona Hamill
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
In so far as these Regulations are required, for the purposes of regulation 3, to be referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee under section 149(2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee, they have not been so referred by virtue of section 150(1)(b) of that Act. Otherwise they make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, that Act, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.
[2] S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 36(2)(a) was amended by paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)back
[3] See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481back
[4] See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481back
[5] See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)back
[6] S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1990 No. 297, S.R. 1999 No. 317, S.R. 2001 No. 278, S.R. 2002 No. 270, S.R. 2003 Nos. 195 and 329, S.R. 2004 No. 300 and S.R. 2005 No. 332back
[7] The definition of "period of study" was amended by regulation 8(b) of S.R. 1991 No. 338 and regulation 2(2)(c) of S.R. 2000 No. 242back
[9] Paragraph (2A) was substituted by regulation 3(3)(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 317 and amended by regulation 3(2) and (3)(b) of S.R. 2001 No. 278 and regulation 2(3)(b) of S.R. 2005 No. 332back
[10] Regulation 66A was inserted by regulation 4(7) of S.R. 1990 No. 297 and paragraph (5) was substituted by regulation 3(5)(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 317 and amended by regulation 3(2) and (3)(b) of S.R. 2001 No. 278 and regulation 2(3)(b) of S.R. 2005 No. 332back
[11] Paragraph (2B) was inserted by regulation 3(4)(b) of S.R. 2001 No. 278 and amended by regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 2002 No. 270, substituted by paragraph 16(b) of Schedule 1 to S.R. 2003 No. 195 for certain cases, amended by regulation 3 of S.R. 2003 No. 329 and regulation 3(5)(b) of S.R. 2004 No. 300 and omitted by regulation 2(5) of S.R. 2005 No. 332 except in a case where regulation 1(3) of S.R. 2003 No. 195 appliedback
[12] S.I. 1998/1760 (N.I. 14) as amended by section 147(3) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21) and Articles 11 and 12 of the Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1116 (N.I. 5))back
[14] 1980 c. 44; section 73(f) was amended by section 29 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 and by section 3 of the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp6)back
[15] S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1990 No. 297, S.R. 1999 No. 317, S.R. 2001 No. 278, S.R. 2002 No. 270, S.R. 2003 No. 329, S.R. 2004 No. 300 and S.R. 2005 No. 332back
[16] Paragraph (2A) was substituted by regulation 4(4)(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 317 and amended by regulation 3(2) and (3)(a) of S.R. 2001 No. 278 and regulation 2(3)(a) of S.R. 2005 No. 332back
[17] Regulation 57A was inserted by regulation 3(9) of S.R. 1990 No. 297 and paragraph (5) was substituted by regulation 4(6)(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 317 and amended by regulation 3(2) and (3)(a) of S.R. 2001 No. 278 and regulation 2(3)(a) of S.R. 2005 No. 332back
[18] Paragraph (2B) was inserted by regulation 3(4)(a) of S.R. 2001 No. 278 and amended by regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 2002 No. 270, regulation 3 of S.R. 2003 No. 329, regulation 3(5)(a) of S.R. 2004 No. 300 and regulation 2(4) of S.R. 2005 No. 332back
[19] S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1999 No. 317, S.R. 2001 No. 278, S.R. 2002 No. 270, S.R. 2003 Nos. 195 and 329, S.R. 2004 No. 300 and S.R. 2005 No. 332back
[20] Paragraph (3) was substituted by regulation 2(3)(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 317 and amended by regulation 3(2) and (3)(c) of S.R. 2001 No. 278 and regulation 2(3)(c) of S.R. 2005 No. 332back
[21] Paragraph (5) was substituted by regulation 2(5)(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 317 and amended by regulation 3(2) and (3)(c) of S.R. 2001 No. 278 and regulation 2 (3)(c) of S.R. 2005 No. 332back
[22] Paragraph (3A) was inserted by regulation 3(4)(c) of S.R. 2001 No. 278 and amended by regulation 2(2)(c) of S.R. 2002 No. 270, substituted by paragraph 16(b) of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2003 No. 195 for certain cases, amended by regulation 3 of S.R. 2003 No. 329 and regulation 3(5)(c) of S.R. 2004 No. 300 and omitted by regulation 2(7) of S.R. 2005 No. 332 except in a case where regulation 1(7) of S.R. 2003 No. 195 appliedback