The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations

3.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In regulation 2(1A)(a)(2) (interpretation) for “6 weeks” there shall be substituted “52 weeks”.

(3) In paragraph 13A(2)(b)(ii) and (c) of Schedule 2(3) (applicable amounts) for “six weeks” there shall be substituted “52 weeks”.

(4) In paragraph 18(7)(g) of Schedule 3(4) (housing costs) for “6 weeks”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted “52 weeks”.

(5) In Schedule 7 (applicable amounts in special cases) –

(a) in paragraph 1(5) (patients) –

(i) for “six weeks” there shall be substituted “52 weeks”, and

(ii) sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted; and

(b) in paragraph 13(6) (persons in residential accommodation) –

(i) in sub-paragraph (1) the words “Subject to sub-paragraph (2),”, and

(ii) sub-paragraph (2),

shall be omitted.

(1)

Relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1988 Nos. 318 and 431, S.R. 1990 No. 131, S.R. 1993 No. 149, S.R. 1994 No. 65, S.R. 1995 No. 301, S.R. 2000 No. 367 and S.R. 2002 No. 132

(2)

Paragraph (1A) was inserted by paragraph 1(b) of Part I of the Schedule to S.R. 2002 No. 132

(3)

Paragraph 13A was inserted by regulation 2(c)(ii) of S.R. 2000 No. 367

(4)

Schedule 3 was substituted by Schedule 1 to S.R. 1995 No. 301

(5)

Paragraph 1 was amended by regulation 22 of, and paragraph 17(a) of Schedule 1 to, S.R. 1988 No. 318, regulation 19(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 431, regulation 19(a) of S.R. 1990 No. 131 and paragraph 15 of Part I of the Schedule to S.R. 2002 No. 132

(6)

Paragraph 13 was amended by regulation 22(d) of S.R. 1988 No. 318, regulation 19(k) of S.R. 1990 No. 131 and paragraph 1(6)(a) of Schedule 1 to S.R. 1993 No. 149