Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Further amendments of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

6.—(1) Table B of Part II of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (further modification of provisions in the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In the corresponding entries in column (2) relating to the entry “Schedule 2” in column (1) there shall be inserted in the appropriate places the following entries—

“(a) As if in paragraph 2—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1) the words “for the relevant period specified in column (1)” were omitted;

(b) for column (1) there were substituted—

“Person aged—

(a) less than 11;

(b) not less than 11 but less than 16;

(c) not less than 16 but less than 19”;

(c) sub-paragraph (2) were omitted.”;

(b) “As if paragraph 9 were omitted.”;

(c) “As if paragraph 9A(1) were omitted.”;

“(d) As if for paragraph 10 there were substituted—

“10.— (1) Where the claimant is a single claimant or a lone parent, the condition is that he is aged not less than 60;

(2) Where the claimant has a partner, the condition is that he or his partner is aged not less than 60.”.”;

“(e) As if for sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 11 the following sub-paragraph were substituted—

“(b) where the claimant has a partner and both are aged less than 60 and the additional condition specified in paragraph 12 is satisfied by at least one of them.”.”;

(f) “As if in paragraph 12 sub-paragraphs (1)(c) and (4) were omitted.”; and

(g) “As if in paragraph 15 sub-paragraphs (2) and (2A)(2) were omitted.”.

(3) In the corresponding entries in column (2) relating to the entry “Schedule 3” in column (1), at the end of the entry which related to paragraph 1 there shall be added the following entry—

“(c) for sub-paragraph (3) the following sub-paragraph were substituted—

“(3) For the purposes of this Schedule a disabled person is a person—

(a) (i) who satisfies a condition specified in paragraph 12(1)(a) or (b) of Schedule 2; and

(ii) whose capital does not exceed the capital limit; or

(b) (i) who is aged 75 or over; and

(ii) whose capital does not exceed the capital limit; or

(c) in respect of whom a disabled child premium is included in his applicable amount or the applicable amount of a person living with him.”.”

(1)

Paragraph 9A was substituted by regulation 5(a) of S.R. 1989 No. 139

(2)

Paragraph 15(2A) was substituted by regulation 5(c) of S.R. 1989 No. 139