The Social Security (Contributions Credits for Parents and Carers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

PART 1 General provisions

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions Credits for Parents and Carers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2010.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“partner” means the person with whom another person—

(a)

resides; and

(b)

shares responsibility for a child under the age of 12;

“relevant benefit” means—

(a)

attendance allowance in accordance with section 64 (entitlement);

(b)

the care component of disability living allowance in accordance with section 72 (the care component), at the middle or highest rate prescribed in accordance with subsection (3) of that section;

(c)

an increase in the rate of disablement pension in accordance with section 104 (increase where constant attendance needed);

(d)

any benefit by virtue of—

(i)

the Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit Scheme 1983(1), or

(ii)

regulations made under paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 8 (industrial injuries and diseases (old cases)),

which is payable as if the injury or disease were one in respect of which a disablement pension were for the time being payable in respect of an assessment of 100 per cent.;

(e)

a constant attendance allowance payable by virtue of—

(i)

article 14 of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983(2) (constant attendance allowance), or

(ii)

article 8 of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006(3) (constant attendance allowance).

(2) In these Regulations, a reference to a section or Schedule by number alone is a reference to the section or Schedule so numbered in the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.

Transitional provision

3.  For the period of 12 weeks from the date on which these Regulations come into operation, regulation 7(1)(a) has effect as if the reference in regulation 7(1) to 12 weeks were a reference to the number of complete weeks since these Regulations came into operation.

(1)

S.I. 1983/136

(2)

S.I. 1983/686; article 14 was substituted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2001/420

(3)

S.I. 2006/606; article 8 was amended by article 3 of S.I. 2006/1455 and article 3 of S.I. 2009/706