Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

2.  In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations (interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “family credit” there shall be inserted the following definition:—

““full rate” means the rate determined under Article 36(3) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(1);”;

(b) after the definition of “income support” there shall be inserted the following definition:—

““nursing home” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 19(2) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2);”;

(c) after the definitions of “relevant charges” and “relevant travelling expenses” there shall be inserted the following definitions:—

““residential care home” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 19(2) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(3);

“standard rate” means the standard rate determined under Article 99(2) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(4);”.

(1)

S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14); Article 36(3) was substituted by Article 25 of S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)

(2)

The definition of “nursing home” was substituted by paragraph 6(5)(b) of Schedule 2 to S.R. 1993 No. 149

(3)

The definition of “residential care home” was inserted by paragraph 1(3)(a) of Schedule 1 to S.R. 1993 No. 149 and amended by regulation 4(9)(d) of S.R. 1993 No. 373 and paragraph 1(e) of Schedule 12 to S.R. 1994 No. 65

(4)

S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14); Article 99(2) was substituted by Article 27 of S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)