The Income Support (General) and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 17th June 2002.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

2.  In paragraph (b) of the definition of “self-employment route” in both regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2) and regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(3) (interpretation)—

(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (i), “or” shall be omitted;

(b)at the end of sub-paragraph (ii), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

or

(iii)the New Deal for Lone Parents(4);.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 24th May 2002.

L.S.

John O'Neill

Senior Officer of the

Department for Social Development