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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 7th October 1996.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1989.
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In regulation 2(1) of the principal Regulations (interpretation)—
(a) in the definition of “family”—
(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (a) the word “and” shall be omitted;
(ii) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—“
(c) in regulation 4(1)(j) and (l) it has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;”;
(b) after the definition of “family credit” there shall be inserted the following definition—“
 “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3(4) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;”.
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In regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (description of persons entitled to full remission and payment) in paragraph (1)—
(a) for sub-paragraph (g) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—“
(g) a person who is in receipt of disability working allowance, or”;
(b) for sub-paragraphs (i) and (j) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—“
(i) a person who is in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, or
(j) a member of the same family as a person who is in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, or
(k) a person whose entitlement to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is less than 10 pence, or
(l) a member of the same family as a person whose entitlement to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is less than 10 pence.”.
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In regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (claims for remission or payment)—
(a) in paragraph (1), for the words “regulation 4(1)(e), (f), (i) or (j)” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 4(1)(e) or (f)”;
(b) in paragraph (3), there shall be omitted the words “or, in the case of a claim by a person who is within a description prescribed by regulation 4(1)(i) or (j), the capital resources”.
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In Schedule 1A to the principal Regulations (periods of validity of notices of entitlement)—
(a) paragraph 2 shall be omitted;
(b) after paragraph 7 there shall be added the following paragraph—“
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A person whose 6 months from the date on which an entitlement to an income-based income-based jobseeker’s jobseeker’s allowance is less allowance would have been payable than 10 pence. if it had been payable.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on 12th September 1996.
P. Conliffe
Assistant Secretary
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel insofar as the foregoing Regulations relate to travelling expenses on 12th September 1996.
J. G. Sullivan
Assistant Secretary
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations insofar as they relate to the remission of charges.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 12th September 1996.
J. G. Sullivan
Assistant Secretary
