The Social Security (Persons from Abroad) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 No. 11

Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations

7.  In regulation 2 of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988(1) (making of interim payments)—

(a) in paragraph (1) at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph (1A),”;

(b) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(1A) Paragraph (1) shall not apply pending the determination of an appeal unless the Department is of the opinion that there is entitlement to benefit.”.

(1)

S.R. 1988 No. 142; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1992 No. 6 and S.R. 1993 No. 175