The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made: 16th July 2003

Coming into operation: 8th August 2003

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 123(1)(e), 131(1), 132(1), (3) and (4), 134(1)(a) and (4) and 171(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992[^f00001], Articles 6(5), 14, 15(2) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995[^f00002] and Article 11(6) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998[^f00003], and now vested in it[^f00004], and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel[^f00005], in so far as regulation 3 is concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of regulations 2(4), 3 and 4(3) should not be referred to it[^f00006], hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 8th August 2003.

• (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[^f00007] shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations

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• (1) The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987[^f00008] shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) In Schedule 1B[^f00010] (prescribed categories of person) –

• (a) in paragraphs 14A(1)(c)[^f00011] (parental leave) and 14B(2)(b)[^f00012] (paternity leave) “working families' tax credit, disabled person’s tax credit” shall be omitted, and

• (b) at the end of paragraphs 14A(2) and 14B(3) there shall be added “but subject in any case to calculations of those amounts made in accordance with the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) Regulations 2002[^f00013].”.

• (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations

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Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

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• (1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996[^f00019] shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

• (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations

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In Schedule 2A to the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999[^f00022] (date on which change of circumstances take effect) in paragraph 4 for “or (2)” there shall be substituted “, (2) or (3)”.

Amendment of the Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments) Regulations

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• (1) The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003[^f00023] shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).

• (2) In regulation 6 (income support – transitional arrangements) –

• (a) in paragraph (1) at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 31(3)[^f00024] of the Income Support Regulations,”;

• (b) in paragraph (2) for the words following “the Department shall,” to the end of that paragraph there shall be substituted “in the benefit week which begins on or includes 5th October 2003, disregard from his income an amount equivalent to the amount of child tax credit to which he is entitled”;

• (c) in paragraph (3) for “paragraphs (1) and (2),” there shall be substituted “paragraph (1)”;

• (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (3) In regulation 7 (jobseeker’s allowance – transitional arrangements) –

• (a) in paragraph (1) at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to regulation 96(3)[^f00025] of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations,”;

• (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (4) In Schedule 1 (amendment to the Income Support Regulations) –

• (a) in paragraph 16(d) after “an adult dependant” there shall be added “and “or for an older student” shall be omitted”;

• (b) paragraph 21(e), (f) and (g) shall be omitted.

• (5) In Schedule 2 (amendment to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations) –

• (a) in paragraph 16(d) after “an adult dependent” there shall be added “and “or for an older student” shall be omitted”;

• (b) the words “and paragraph 9(a) in Column (2)” in paragraph 21(a) and paragraphs 2(b), 3(b) and 21(b) and (d) shall be omitted.

• (6) In Schedule 4 (other miscellaneous consequential amendments) in paragraph 2(a)(ii), at the end of the definition of “family element” there shall be added “but subject in any case to calculations of those amounts made in accordance with the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) Regulations 2002”.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 16th July 2003.

John O'Neill — A senior officer of the — Department for Social Development

The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 3 of the foregoing Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 16th July 2003.

Rodney Scott — A senior officer of the — Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and the Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (“the amended Regulations”).

These Regulations make further consequential amendments to the amended regulations in connection with the introduction of child tax credit and working tax credit by the Tax Credits Act 2002.

They also correct, within the principal Regulations relating to income support, housing benefit and jobseeker’s allowance, erroneous references relating to tax credits.

In so far as these Regulations are required, for the purposes of regulations 2(4), 3 and 4(3) to be referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee under section 149(2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”), 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, the 1992 Act, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.

These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c. 7; section 123(1)(e) was inserted by paragraph 13(5) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)); section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)

[^f00002]: S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)

[^f00003]: S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)

[^f00004]: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

[^f00005]: 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. 481

[^f00006]: See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)

[^f00007]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00008]: S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 199, S.R. 1999 No. 500, S.R. 2002 Nos. 295 and 363 and S.R. 2003 Nos. 1 and 195

[^f00010]: Schedule 1B was inserted by regulation 22 of, and Schedule 1 to, S.R. 1996 No. 199

[^f00011]: Paragraph 14A was inserted by regulation 2 of S.R. 1999 No. 500 and amended by paragraph 19(a) of Schedule 1 to S.R. 2003 No. 195

[^f00012]: Paragraph 14B was inserted by regulation 2(5) of S.R. 2002 No. 363 and amended by paragraph 19(a) of Schedule 1 to S.R. 2003 No. 195

[^f00013]: S.I. 2002/2008

[^f00019]: S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2002 No. 295 and S.R. 2003 Nos. 1 and 195

[^f00022]: S.R. 1999 No. 162; Schedule 2A was inserted by regulation 6(22) of S.R. 2000 No. 215

[^f00023]: S.R. 2003 No. 195

[^f00024]: Regulation 31(3) is substituted by regulation 2(2) of these Regulations

[^f00025]: Regulation 96(3) is substituted by regulation 4(2) of these Regulations

Editorial notes

[^key-6d5010f0ef9d3d6b2387498d45ad188d]: Reg. 1 in operation at 8.8.2003, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-0fe4a19cf2120406f5cf7590599013fc]: Reg. 2 in operation at 8.8.2003, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-ee70766e50d8d31af895a19eff32ac04]: Reg. 4 in operation at 8.8.2003, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-927546d6232e69d95951873c952e79c2]: Reg. 5 in operation at 8.8.2003, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-9156940a100fef1f2a135b094d066e8a]: Reg. 6 in operation at 8.8.2003, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-ea0c31fad392abf078646c52cce15aef]: Reg. 3 revoked (20.11.2006) by The Housing Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/407), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with regs. 2, 6(2), Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

[^key-be7cf8e9266884051d4b029cb0584b06]: Reg. 2(4) revoked (14.4.2008) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/112), regs. 1(1), 7, Sch.

[^key-dc8abc3dff82f22833509e56146139ae]: Reg. 4(3) revoked (14.4.2008) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/112), regs. 1(1), 7, Sch.

[^key-7c012938236c60db0e8f4d236a3cd6ec]: Reg. 2(2) revoked (11.4.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/135), reg. 1(1), Sch.

[^key-bdd76c62d2efcb0e47aa00be4123facb]: Reg. 4(2) revoked (11.4.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/135), reg. 1(1), Sch.

[^key-4771b540f28368bc9098a578ed993025]: Reg. 6(3)(b) revoked (11.4.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/135), reg. 1(1), Sch.

[^key-0968405dbb2f8a5c73d8027e9cb9fab4]: Reg. 6(2)(d) revoked (11.4.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/135), reg. 1(1), Sch.