Amendment of the Income Support Regulations
2.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a)in paragraph (1)(2) omit the definition of “service user group”; and
(b)after paragraph (1A)(3) insert—
“(1B) References in these Regulations to a claimant participating as a service user are to—
(a)a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—
(i)a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing, or
(ii)a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,
in their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services; or
(b)the carer of a person consulted under sub-paragraph (a).”.
(3) In regulation 35(2)(f)(4) (earnings of employed earners) for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.
(4) In regulation 42(8ZA)(5) (notional income) for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.
(5) In paragraph 12(2B)(6) (the standard rate) of Schedule 3 (housing costs) for “0.5%” substitute “0.5 percentage points”.
(6) In paragraph 2A(7) of Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.
S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2002 No. 132, S.R. 2003 No. 261, S.R. 2005 No. 458, S.R. 2009 No. 338 and S.R. 2010 No. 340
The definition of “service user group” was inserted by regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 2009 No. 338
Paragraph 1A was inserted by paragraph 1(b) of the Schedule to S.R. 2002 No. 132 and amended by regulation 3 of and paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 1 to S.R. 2005 No. 458 and regulation 3(2) of S.R. 2003 No. 261
Paragraph (2)(f) was added by regulation 2(6) of S.R. 2009 No. 338
Paragraph (8ZA) was inserted by regulation 2(8)(b) of S.R. 2009 No. 338
Sub-paragraph (2B) was inserted by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2010 No. 340
Paragraph 2A was inserted by regulation 2(16)(a) of S.R. 2009 No. 338