1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 and shall come into operation on 9th April 2018.
2. In regulation 8(1) of the Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1976(1) (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as gainfully employed) for “£116” substitute “£120”.
3. The Social Security (Invalid Care Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017(2) are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 13th March 2018
(L.S.)
Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities