The Income-Related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Personal Allowances for Children and Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Family credit: determination of appropriate maximum amount

5.—(1) Regulation 46 of the Family Credit Regulations (determination of appropriate maximum family credit) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In paragraph (1)(b)(1)—

(a) for “against whichever description in either paragraph 2 or 3 of column (1) fits” there shall be substituted “in respect of the period specified in either paragraph 2 or 3 of column (1) as appropriate to”;

(b) after “concerned” there shall be inserted “and in those paragraphs, “the first Tuesday in September” means the Tuesday which first occurs in the month of September in any year”.

(3) In paragraph (2) for the words from “equals—” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted “equals the credit specified in column (2) of Schedule 4 against paragraph 3 in column (1).”.

(4) In paragraph (7)(2)—

(a) for “age” in the first place where it occurs there shall be substituted “period during which that amount is appropriate in respect”;

(b) for “age of the child or young person at” there shall be substituted “relevant period which includes”.

(1)

Paragraph (1) was amended by regulation 12(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 131 and S.R. 1995 No. 223

(2)

Paragraph (7) was inserted by regulation 12(b) of S.R. 1988 No. 131 and amended by regulation 4(6) of S.R. 1995 No. 86