The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Housing Benefit, Income Support, Jobseeker’s Allowance: Amendments with respect to persons in detention

5.—(1) For the words referred to in each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) there shall be substituted “who is detained in hospital”—

(2) The words referred to and the provisions specified in this paragraph are—

(a) in the Housing Benefit Regulations—

(i) in regulation 5(8A)(1) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling) for “who is detained”;

(ii) in regulation 63(7)(e)(iii)(2) (non-dependant deductions) for “whose detention is”;

(b) in the Income Support Regulations—

(i) in regulation 21(3)(3) (special cases) in the definition of “prisoner”(4) for “whose detention is”;

(ii) in Schedule 7 in column 1 of paragraph 2A(5) (applicable amounts in special cases) for “who is detained”, and

(c) in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations in regulation 85(4) (special cases) in the definition of “prisoner” for “whose detention is”.

(1)

Paragraph (8A) was inserted by regulation 5 of S.R. 1995 No. 89

(2)

Regulation 63(7)(e) was added by regulation 2(d)(iv) of S.R. 1992 No. 85

(3)

Relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 375

(4)

The definition of “prisoner” was substituted by regulation 2(6)(a) of S.R. 1995 No. 86

(5)

Paragraph 2A was inserted by regulation 19(b) of S.R. 1990 No. 131