The Social Security (National Insurance Number Information: Exemption) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations

5.  In regulation 2A of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) (disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act), at the end of paragraph (b) add—

“(c) to a person who—

(i) is a person in respect of whom a claim for income support is made,

(ii) is subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9)(a) of the Immigration and Asylum Act,

(iii) is not entitled to income support for the purposes of section 123 of the Contributions and Benefits Act(2), and

(iv) has not previously been allocated a national insurance number.”.

(1)

S.R. 1987 No. 459; regulation 2A was inserted by regulation 7 of S.R. 1997 No. 483 and amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to S.R. 2003 No. 195

(2)

1992 c. 7; section 123 was amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)), paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.)), paragraph 96 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) and paragraph 3(9) and (10) of Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2 (N.I.))