These Regulations amend the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (S.R. 1987 No. 463) (“the Family Credit Regulations”) and the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 (S.R. 1992 No. 78) (“the Disability Working Allowance Regulations”).

Regulation 1 provides for citation, commencement and effect and regulation 2 for interpretation.

Regulation 3 introduces the amendments made by regulations 4 and 5.

Regulation 4 amends Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations so as to add to the list of income to be disregarded in calculating a claimant’s gross income discretionary housing payments paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001 No. 216).

Regulation 5 amends Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations so as to add to the list of capital to be disregarded in calculating a claimant’s capital discretionary housing payments pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001.