Assistance for Minor Works to Dwellings (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Assistance for Minor Works to Dwellings (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 17th April 2000.

Amendments

2.  The Assistance for Minor Works to Dwellings Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1) are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.

Regulation 1

3.  In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), for paragraph (2), substitute—

“(2) In these Regulations—

(a) “the Order” means the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992;

(b) “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” means an income-based jobseeker’s allowance within Article 3(4) of the Jobseeker’s (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(2);

(c) “working families' tax credit” means a working families' tax credit under section 127 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3);

(d) “disabled persons' tax credit” means a disabled persons' tax credit under section 128 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(4).”

Regulation 4

4.  For regulation 4(c) (persons to whom assistance may be given), substitute—

“(c) either he, or his spouse, or the person with whom he lives as husband and wife, is in receipt of income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance, working families' tax credit, disabled persons' tax credit or housing benefit under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.”.

Application

5.  The amendments made by these Regulations shall not have effect in relation to applications for assistance made before these Regulations come into force.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 3rd March 2000.

L.S.

J. McCormick

A senior officer of the

Department for Social Development