Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 6th October 2003.

(2) In these Regulations –

“the principal Regulations” means the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989(1).

Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

2.  In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation) –

(a)after the definition of “partner” insert “pension credit guarantee credit” means pension credit-guarantee credit under 1(3)(a) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(2).

Amendment of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations

3.  At the end of regulation 4(2) (description of persons entitled to full remission and payment) add –

or

(p)a person who is in receipt of the pension credit guarantee credit;

(q)a member of the same family as a person who is in receipt of pension credit guarantee credit..

Amendment of Schedule 1 of the principal Regulations

4.  In paragraph 2, after sub-paragraph (d) add –

(e)as if the State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(3) had not been made..

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 16th September 2003.

L.S.

Dr. J. F. Livingstone

Senior Officer of the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel insofar as the foregoing Regulations relate to Travelling Expenses on 16th September 2003.

L.S.

Linda. S. Wilson

Senior Officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel

The Department of Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations insofar as they relate to Remission of Charges.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 16th September 2003.

L.S.

Linda. S. Wilson

Senior Officer of the

Department of Finance and Personnel