Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Regulation 8.

SCHEDULE

Regulation 7(6A)

“SCHEDULE 1A Periods of Validity of Notices of Entitlement

	(1)	(2)
	Description of claimant or his partner and period in which claim made	Period of effectiveness of notice of entitlement
1.   A person whose entitlement to income support is less than 10p.	6 months from the date on which income support would have been payable if any had been payable.
2.   A person in receipt of disability working allowance whose capital does not exceed £8,000.	The period starting on the date of claim and ending on the expiry of the award of disability working allowance.
3.   A person who is not, and does not have a partner who is, engaged in remunerative work and who— (a) is aged 60 or over; or (b) is entitled to a disability premium	12 months from the date of claim. determined in accordance with paragraphs 11 and 12 of Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1).
4.   A person who is not, and does not have a partner who is, engaged in remunerative work as an employed earner and who is engaged in remunerative work as a self-employed earner who has earnings as a self-employed earner calculated in accordance with the provisions of regulation 30(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2) as modified for the purposes of these Regulations in Table A of Part I of Schedule 1.	13 months from the date of claim.
5.   A student who is, or whose partner is, engaged in remunerative work, and the claim is made during a period of study falling within the final or only year of that student’s course.	The period starting on the date of claim and ending— (a) 6 months after that date; or (b) on the last day of the course whichever is the earlier.	of study,
6.   A student who is not, and whose partner is not, engaged in remunerative work, and the claim is made during a period of study falling within the final or only year of that student’s course.	The period starting on the date of claim and ending on the last day of the course.
7.   A student who is not, and whose partner is not, engaged in remunerative work, and the claim is made during a period of study falling outside the final or only year of that student’s course.	The period starting on the date of claim and ending— (a) 1 month later than the first (b) 6 months after that date, whichever is the later.	day of the next period of study; or

NOTE: For the purposes of this Schedule—

• “employed earner” and “self-employed earner” shall be construed in accordance with section 2(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3);

• “period of study” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 61 of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(4);

• “remunerative work” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 5(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(5).”

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 146, S.R. 1988 No. 431, S.R. 1989 No. 395, S.R. 1992 No. 6, S.R. 1994 No. 327 and S.R. 1995 Nos. 67, 86 and 367.

(2)

Relevant amending regulation is S.R. 1993 No. 373

(3)

1992 c. 7

(4)

Relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 431, S.R. 1990 No. 297, S.R. 1991 No. 338, S.R. 1992 Nos. 147 and 403, S.R. 1993 No. 373 and S.R. 1995 No. 280

(5)

Relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1988 Nos. 146, 318 and 431, S.R. 1989 No. 365, S.R. 1990 No. 131, S.R. 1991 No. 338, S.R. 1992 No. 147, S.R. 1993 No. 373 and S.R. 1995 No. 86