The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 No. 404

Part V Reduction or Abatement of Incapacity Benefit for Occupational or Other Pension Payments

Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations

4.  In regulation 24 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) (incapacity benefit, severe disablement allowance and maternity allowance)—

(a) in paragraph (1) for “and (3)” there shall be substituted “, (3) and (3A)”;

(b) in paragraph (2) for “paragraph (3)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (3) and (3A)”; and

(c) after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(3A) Where the amount of incapacity benefit payable after reduction for pension payments under section 30DD of the Contributions and Benefits Act (including any reduction for other purposes) is less than £5 a week, the Department may direct that it shall be paid (whether in advance or in arrears) at such intervals as may be specified not exceeding 12 months.”.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 465; regulation 24 was substituted by regulation 2(10) of S.R. 1994 No. 456