2001 No. 20
The Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 132(4)(b), 133(1) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19921, and section 2(1)(a) and (4) of, and paragraphs 3(g) and 22(a) of Schedule 2 to, the Tax Credits Act 19992, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
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) 19923;
“the Family Credit Regulations” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19874.
Amendments to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and the Family Credit Regulations2
Amend the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and the Family Credit Regulations as follows.
Income to be disregarded3
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
3
This regulation shall have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 10th April 2001.
Capital to be disregarded4
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 37 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.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)