Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations further amend the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987. A new premium (an “enhanced disability premium”) is added to Schedule 2 (applicable amounts). Regulation 2 also makes minor consequential amendments to those Regulations.
Regulation 3 amends the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 by adding an enhanced disability premium to Schedule 2 (applicable amounts) and making minor consequential amendments.
Regulation 4 similarly amends the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
In so far as these Regulations are required, for the purposes of regulation 3, to be referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee under section 149(2) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, (“the 1992 Act”), after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee, they have not been so referred by virtue of section 150(1)(b) of that Act. Otherwise they make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the 1992 Act, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.
These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.