The Social Security (Removal of Residential Allowance and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

4.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (12).

(2) In regulation 1(2)(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) the definition of “residential allowance” shall be omitted.

(3) In regulation 83(3) (applicable amounts) paragraph (c) shall be omitted.

(4) In regulation 84(1)(4) (polygamous marriages) sub-paragraph (d) shall be omitted.

(5) In regulation 85 (special cases) –

(a) at the beginning of paragraph (1)(5) for “Subject to paragraph (2A) in” there shall be substituted “In”, and

(b) paragraph (2A)(6) shall be omitted.

(6) In regulation 86A(7) (applicable amounts for joint-claim couples) paragraph (b) shall be omitted.

(7) In regulation 86B(8) (applicable amounts for joint-claim couples: polygamous marriages) paragraph (c) shall be omitted.

(8) In regulation 148 (applicable amounts in urgent cases) –

(a) in paragraph (1) sub-paragraphs (a)(v) and (c)(9) shall be omitted, and

(b) paragraph (1A)(10) shall be omitted.

(9) In regulation 148A(11) (applicable amount in urgent cases: joint-claim couples) –

(a) in paragraph (1) sub-paragraphs (a)(iv) and (c) shall be omitted, and

(b) paragraph (1A)(12) shall be omitted.

(10) In Schedule 1 (applicable amounts) paragraph 3(13) shall be omitted.

(11) In Schedule 4 (applicable amounts in special cases) –

(a) in column (1) of paragraph 1 (person other than claimant who is a patient) for “, 15 and 17” there shall be substituted “and 15”;

(b) paragraphs –

(i) 7(14) (single claimants temporarily in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust);

(ii) 8(15) (couples and members of polygamous marriages where one member is or all are temporarily in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust);

(iii) 9(16) (lone parents who are in residential accommodation temporarily),

shall be omitted, and

(c) in columns (1) and (2) of paragraph 15(17) (persons in residential accommodation) sub-paragraph (1) shall be omitted.

(12) In Schedule 4A(18) (applicable amounts of joint-claim couples in special cases) –

(a) in column (1) of paragraph 1 (patients) for “Subject to paragraphs 9 and 11, a” there shall be substituted “A”, and

(b) paragraph 9(19) (members of joint-claim couples in residential accommodation) shall be omitted.

(1)

S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 288, S.R. 1997 No. 412, S.R. 2000 No. 350, S.R. 2002 Nos. 99 and 132 and S.R. 2003 No. 195

(2)

To which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

(3)

Regulation 83 was amended by regulation 3 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2003 No. 195

(4)

Regulation 84 was amended by regulation 3 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2003 No. 195

(5)

Paragraph (1) was amended by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 6(a) of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132

(6)

Paragraph (2A) was inserted by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 6(b) of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132

(7)

Regulation 86A was inserted by paragraph 35 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2000 No. 350 and amended by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 8 of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132

(8)

Regulation 86B was inserted by paragraph 35 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2000 No. 350 and amended by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 8 of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132 and regulation 3 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2003 No. 195

(9)

Sub-paragraph (c) was amended by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 14(c) of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132

(10)

Paragraph (1A) was inserted by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 14(e) of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132

(11)

Regulation 148A was inserted by paragraph 47 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2000 No. 350 and amended by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 15 of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132

(12)

Paragraph (1A) was inserted by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 15(e) of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132

(13)

Paragraph 3 was amended by regulation 7(3)(b) of S.R. 1997 No. 412, paragraph 53(3) of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2000 No. 350, Part I of Schedule 8 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99 and regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 17 of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132

(14)

Paragraph 7 was amended by Part I of Schedule 11 to, S.R. 2002 No.99

(15)

Paragraph 8 was amended by Part I of Schedule 11 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99 and regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 19(a) of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132

(16)

Paragraph 9 was amended by regulation 9(5) of S.R. 1996 No. 288 and Part I of Schedule 11 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99

(17)

Paragraph 15 was amended by Part I of Schedule 11 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99

(18)

Schedule 4A was inserted by paragraph 57 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2000 No. 350

(19)

Paragraph 9 was amended by Schedule 12 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99