The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-focused Interviews) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-focused Interviews) Regulations

2.—(1) The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-focused Interviews) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “the 1998 Order” insert—

““area” includes postcode districts;”; and

(b) in the definition of “relevant person”(2)—

(i) for “a postcode district”, in both places, substitute “an area”; and

(ii) in paragraph (a)—

(aa) omit the word “or” after sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii); and

(bb) after sub-paragraph (iii) add—

“(iv) Part IV of the Schedule and who makes a claim for a specified benefit on or after 2nd April 2007; or”.

(3) After regulation 1 insert—

“Persons who change address

1A.   A relevant person to whom paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant person” applies who, on or after 2nd April 2007,—

(a) ceases to reside in an area identified in one Part of the Schedule; and

(b) immediately begins residing in an area identified in a different Part of the Schedule,

shall be treated as continuing to fall within paragraph (a) of that definition.”.

(4) In the Schedule(3) (postcode districts)—

(a) in Part II in the entry relating to BT35—

(i) for “6RB” substitute “6RD”,

(ii) for “6SJ to 6SP” substitute “6SJ, 6SP”,

(iii) for “6SU to 6SY” substitute “6SW”, and

(iv) after “6TU to” insert “6UB, 6UE,”;

(b) in Part III omit “BT17 0LU.”; and

(c) after Part III add—

“PART IV

Any area administered by an office which is designated by the Department as a Pathways to Work office(4) for the purposes of these Regulations and not included in Parts I to III.”.

(1)

S.R. 2005 No. 414 as amended by S.R. 2005 No. 443 and S.R. 2006 Nos. 167 and 398

(2)

The definition of “relevant person” was substituted by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2006 No. 167 and amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2006 No. 398

(3)

The Schedule was substituted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2006 No. 398

(4)

A list of offices designated as Pathways to Work offices, including the date they are so designated and the relevant postcode districts, is available from the Pathways to Work Project, Gloucester House, 57/63 Chichester Street, Belfast, BT1 4RA and can also be found on www.delni.gov.uk