The Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 30th January 2001.

(2) In these Regulations—

“award periods” means award periods of disabled person’s tax credit or, as the case may be, working families' tax credit;

“the Disability Working Allowance Regulations” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1);

“the Family Credit Regulations” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2).

Amendments to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and the Family Credit Regulations

2.  Amend the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and the Family Credit Regulations as follows.

Income to be disregarded

3.—(1) Amend Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (“Schedule 3”) and Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations (“Schedule 2”) as follows.

(2) Add as paragraph 69 of Schedule 3 and paragraph 71 of Schedule 2(3) the following paragraph—

“£15 of any—

(a) widowed mother’s allowance paid pursuant to section 37 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

(b) widowed parent’s allowance paid pursuant to section 39A(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.”.

(3) This regulation shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 10th April 2001.

Capital to be disregarded

4.—(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) Add as paragraph 66 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 67 of Schedule 3(5) the following paragraph—

“Any payment of £10,000 made by the Secretary of State to the claimant as a person who was held prisoner by the Japanese during World War Two or as the spouse of such a person.”.

(3) This regulation shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 30th January 2001.

Bob Ainsworth

Jim Dowd

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

8th January 2001