PART 6Short-term assistance: Northern Ireland

Short-term assistance: capital and income disregards

Amendment of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

32.—(1) The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 15(1) (income for the purposes of the Act) (as amended by articles 19(2) and 25(2) of this Order), after sub-paragraph (qe) insert—

(qf)short-term assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 36 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;.

(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 5 (capital disregarded for the purpose of calculating income) (as amended by articles 19(3) and 25(3) of this Order), in paragraph 20(2), after head (u) insert—

(v)short-term assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 36 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018..

(1)

S.R. 2003 No. 28; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/1060 and S.R. 2019 No. 195.