Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 5th January 2000.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Amendment of Schedule 1B to the Income Support (General) Regulations
2. After paragraph 14 of Schedule 1B(2) to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(3) (prescribed categories of person: pregnancy) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“Parental leave
14A.—(1) A person who is—
(a)entitled to, and taking, parental leave by virtue of Part III of the Maternity and Parental Leave, etc Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999(4) in respect of a child who is a member of his household;
(b)not entitled to any remuneration from his employer in respect of that leave for the period to which his claim for income support relates; and
(c)entitled to working families' tax credit, disabled person’s tax credit(5) or housing benefit on the day before that leave begins.
(2) In this paragraph “remuneration” means payment of any kind.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 20th December 1999.
L.S.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development