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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income-Related Benefits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and, subject to paragraph (2), shall come into operation on 1st June 1998.
(2) In so far as these Regulations amend provisions relating to disability working allowance or family credit they shall come into operation on 2nd June 1998 and in relation to any particular claimant they shall have effect, where that claimant has an award of either of those benefits—
(a) which expires on 1st June 1998, on 2nd June 1998, or
(b) which expires after 1st June 1998, on the day following the expiration of that award.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) “claimant” means a person claiming the benefit concerned.
(4) In these Regulations—
 “the Disability Working Allowance Regulations” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992;
 “the Family Credit Regulations” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;
 “the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987.
(5) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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(1) In each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) (maximum deductions from income in respect of child care charges) for “£60 per week” there shall be substituted “whichever of the sums specified in paragraph (1A) applies in his case”.
(2) The specified regulations to which paragraph (1) refers are—
(a) regulation 15(1)(c) of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations;
(b) regulation 13(1)(c) of the Family Credit Regulations, and
(c) regulation 21(1)(c) of the Housing Benefit Regulations.
(3) After paragraph (1) of each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
 (1A) The maximum deduction to which paragraph (1)(c) refers shall be—
(a) where the claimant’s family includes only one child in respect of whom relevant child care charges are paid, £60 per week;
(b) where the claimant’s family includes more than one child in respect of whom relevant child care charges are paid, £100 per week.”.
(4) In the definition of “relevant child care charges” in each of the regulations specified in paragraph (5) (treatment of child care charges) for “eleventh birthday” there shall be substituted “twelfth birthday”.
(5) The regulations to which paragraph (4) refers are—
(a) regulation 15A(2) of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations;
(b) regulation 13A(2) of the Family Credit Regulations, and
(c) regulation 21A(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on
John O'Neill
Assistant Secretary
26th November 1997.The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland hereby consents to regulation 2(1), (2)(c), (3), (4) and (5)(c) of the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on
J. Ritchie
Assistant Secretary
26th November 1997.