The Income-Related Benefits (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Amendment of capital disregard provisions

2.—(1) The following provisions shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2)—

(a) Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations;

(b) Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1);

(c) Schedule 3 to the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2), and

(d) Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(3).

(2) For paragraph 3 of each of the provisions specified in paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“3.   Any sum directly attributable to the proceeds of sale of—

(a) any premises formerly occupied by the claimant as his home, or

(b) any premises which the claimant continues to occupy as his home and which were occupied by him as his home immediately before the compulsory acquisition of those premises from him under any statutory provision,

which is to be used for the purchase of other premises or land intended for such occupation within 26 weeks of the date of sale or such longer period as is reasonable in the circumstances to enable the claimant to complete the purchase.”.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 461; paragraph 3 was substituted by regulation 10(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 117

(2)

S.R. 1987 No. 463; paragraph 3 was substituted by regulation 15(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 131

(3)

S.R. 1992 No. 78