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Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations

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

(2) In regulation 42(4)(a)(i)(2) (notional income) for “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “surviving spouse or surviving civil partner”.

(3) In regulation 51(3)(a)(i)(3) (notional capital) for “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”.

(2)

Paragraph (4) was substituted by regulation 9(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 318 and amended by regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 1998 No. 326; sub-paragraph (a)(i) was amended by regulation 5(2) of S.R. 1995 No. 410, regulation 2(1)(a) and (2) of S.R. 1995 No. 481, regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2002 No. 128, paragraph 10(e)(i) and (ii) of Schedule 1 to S.R. 2003 No. 195 and regulation 2(6) of S.R. 2005 No. 98

(3)

Paragraph (3) was substituted by regulation 11(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 318 and amended by regulation 3(2)(a) of S.R. 1998 No. 326; sub-paragraph (a)(i) was amended by regulation 9 of S.R. 1997 No. 22, regulation 2(4) of S.R. 2002 No. 128, paragraph 13(a)(i) and (ii) of Schedule 1 to S.R. 2003 No. 195 and regulation 2(6) of S.R. 2005 No. 98