2.—(1) The Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “child benefit” there shall be inserted the following definition –
““foster parent” means a person approved as a foster parent in accordance with the provisions of regulation 3 of the Foster Placement (Children) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(2);”.
(3) In regulation 2 (preclusion from regular employment for the purpose of paragraph 5(7)(b) of Schedule 3 to the Act) –
(a)in paragraph (2) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph –
“(c)that he was a foster parent.”;
(b)in paragraph (5)(3) after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph –
“(aa)in the case of a person who satisfies the condition in paragraph (2)(c) of this regulation in respect of the year 2003-04 or any subsequent year, if he does not furnish such information as the Department may from time to time require which is relevant to the question of whether, in that year, he was precluded from regular employment by responsibilities at home within the meaning of these Regulations, or”.
S.R. 1994 No. 89, amended by S.R. 2001 No. 440
Paragraph (5) was amended by regulation 7(b) of S.R. 2001 No. 440