The Social Security (Income Support, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Claims and Payments) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations

4.—(1) The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In Schedule 8A(2) (deductions from benefits and direct payment to third parties)—

(a) in paragraph 8(2) (aggregate amounts and maximum amount of payments to third parties) “and paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 8B” shall be omitted;

(b) paragraph 8(4) shall be omitted;

(c) in paragraph 9(1) (priority as between debts)—

(i) “or one or more of those paragraphs are applicable to the beneficiary and Schedule 8B also applies” shall be omitted;

(ii) head (za) shall be omitted.

(3) In Schedule 8B(3) (deductions of mortgage interest from benefit and payment to qualifying lenders)—

(a) in paragraph 1 (interpretation) the definitions of “5 per cent. of the personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25 years” and “personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25 years” shall be omitted;

(b) in paragraph 3 (specified part of relevant benefit) sub-paragraphs (5) and (6) (arrears of mortgage interest) shall be omitted;

(c) in paragraph 4 (more than one loan) “plus” at the end of sub-paragraph (1)(b) and sub-paragraph (1)(c) shall be omitted.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 465; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 67, S.R. 1989 No. 40, S.R. 1992 No. 271, S.R. 1993 No. 146, S.R. 1995 No. 301 and S.R. 1996 Nos. 354 and 432

(2)

Schedule 8A was inserted by S.R. 1988 No. 67; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1989 No. 40, S.R. 1992 No. 271, S.R. 1993 No. 146 and S.R. 1996 No. 432

(3)

Schedule 8B was inserted by S.R. 1992 No. 271; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1995 No. 301 and S.R. 1996 No. 354