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The Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule
Publication 1994-11-25
State In force
Jurisdiction Northern Ireland
Department Government Printer for Northern Ireland
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Made: 25th November 1994

Coming into operation: 13th April 1995

The Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 68(11)(b), (c) and (d) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992[^f00001] and Article 14(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994[^f00002] and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Amendment of the Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) Regulations

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(1) In these regulations— - “the Act” means the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975[^f00005]; - “the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992; - “the Order” means the Health and Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1984[^f00006]; - “the Incapacity Benefit Regulations” means the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994[^f00007].

; and

(1A) In these regulations— - “councillor” has the same meaning as in section 167F(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act[^f00008]; - “councillor’s allowance” has the same meaning as in section 30E(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act[^f00009].

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(3) In determining whether a day falls within a period of incapacity for work, the provisions of section 30C of the Contributions and Benefits Act[^f00009] (incapacity benefit: days and periods of incapacity for work) and of any regulations made under section 30C(3) and (4) shall have effect for the purposes of severe disablement allowance as they have effect for the purposes of incapacity benefit.

(1) Subject to paragraph (3), for the purposes of severe disablement allowance a person shall not be treated as incapable of work for any day which is not to be treated as a day of incapacity for work under regulation 3(1)(c) of the Incapacity Benefit Regulations (persons attending training courses). (1A) Regulation 4 of the Incapacity Benefit Regulations (night workers) shall apply for the purposes of severe disablement allowance as it applies for the purposes of incapacity benefit.

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(2) Indetermining for the purposes of section 68(2) or (3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act whether a person has been incapable of work for a period of not less than 196 consecutive days, a day shall not be treated as a day on which that person was incapable of work if that day was a day on which he was undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody and which was part of a period of imprisonment or detention of more than 6 weeks.

Revocations

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The following regulations are hereby revoked—

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on

L. Frew — Assistant Secretary — 25th November 1994.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These regulations make miscellaneous amendments to the Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984 consequential upon the coming into operation of the Social Security(Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I.12)) (“the Order”). The Order replaces sickness and invalidity benefits under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 with a new benefit known as incapacity benefit.

Article 14 of the Order is one of the enabling provisions under which theseregulations are made. It is brought into operation on 21st November 1994 by virtue of Article 2(a) of, and Part I of the Schedule to, the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (1994 Order) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 1994 ([S.R. 1994 No. 450 (C. 15)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1994/450)). Since these regulations are made before the end of a period of 6 months from the commencement of the said Article 14, they are accordingly exempt, by virtue of section 150(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act [1992 (c. 8)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/8), from reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c. 7

[^f00002]: S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)

[^f00003]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00004]: S.R. 1984 No. 317; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1989 No. 443, S.R. 1992 No. 114 and S.R. 1994 No. 370

[^f00005]: 1975 c. 15

[^f00006]: S.I. 1984/1158 (N.I. 8)

[^f00007]: S.R. 1994 No. 461

[^f00008]: Section 167F was inserted by Article 8(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994

[^f00009]: Sections 30C and 30E were inserted by Article 5(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994

[^f00010]: S.R. 1986 No. 337

[^f00011]: S.R. 1989 No. 443

[^f00012]: S.R. 1992 No. 146

[^f00013]: S.R. 1994 No. 152

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