PART 4 Disability assistance: Northern Ireland

Disability assistance: capital and income disregards

Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

22.—(1) The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 8 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), after paragraph 66 insert—

“67.   Any disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.”.

(3) In Schedule 9 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 11(1)(a), for “8,10,11 or 62” substitute “8, 10, 11, 62 or 67”.

(1)

S.R. 2008 No. 280; relevant amending instruments is S.I. 2019/1060.