The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Income to be disregarded

15.—(1) Each of the Schedules specified in paragraph (2) (which relate to sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end of each of those Schedules there were added the following paragraphs bearing the specified respective paragraph numbers—

• “Any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect of his participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.

• Any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant to—

  (a)

  section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 in respect of the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations (“the intensive activity period”), or

  (b)

  a written arrangement entered into between the Department of Economic Development and the person who has arranged for the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period.”.

(2) The respective paragraph numbers and Schedules for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—

(a) paragraphs 70 and 71 of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations(1);

(b) paragraphs 65 and 66 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations(2);

(c) paragraphs 63 and 64 of Schedule 6 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations(3).

(1)

Paragraph 69 was added by regulation 4 of S.R. 1998 No. 325

(2)

Paragraph 64 was added by regulation 4(4) of S.R. 1998 No. 326

(3)

Paragraph 62 was added by regulation 4(1) of S.R. 1998 No. 326