The Tax Credits (New Deal Consequential Amendments) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001

Capital to be disregarded

9.—(1) Amend Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (“Schedule 4”) and Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations (“Schedule 3”) as follows.

(2) For paragraph 51 of Schedule 4(1) and paragraph 52 of Schedule 3(2) substitute the following paragraph—

• “Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 in respect of that person’s participation in—

  (a)

  the self-employment route;

  (b)

  an employment programme specified in—

  (i)

  regulation 75(1)(a)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (Voluntary Sector Option of the New Deal);

  (ii)

  regulation 75(1)(a)(iii) of those Regulations (Environmental Task Force Option of the New Deal); or

  (iii)

  regulation 75(1)(a)(v) of those Regulations (Preparation for Employment Programme); or

  (c)

  the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus,

  but only for the period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.”.

(1)

Paragraph 51 was added by regulation 5(11) and (12)(d) of S.R. 1998 No. 182.

(2)

Paragraph 52 of Schedule 3 was added by regulation 5(11) and (12)(c) of S.R. 1998 No. 182.