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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income-Related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 2nd May 2000.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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In regulation 21(3) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (special cases) in the definition of “person from abroad” after paragraph (b) omit “or” and after paragraph (c) there shall be added the following—“or
(d) a person who is not a person subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9) of the Immigration and Asylum Act and who is in the United Kingdom as a result of his deportation, expulsion or other removal by compulsion of law from another country to the United Kingdom;”.
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In regulation 85(4) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (special cases) in the definition of “person from abroad” after paragraph (b) omit “or”and after paragraph (c) there shall be added the following—“or
(d) a person who is not a person subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9) of the Immigration and Asylum Act and who is in the United Kingdom as a result of his deportation, expulsion or other removal by compulsion of law from another country to the United Kingdom;”.
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In regulation 7A(4) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (persons from abroad) at the end of sub-paragraph (e) there shall be added the following—“or
(vii) a person who is not a person subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9) of the Immigration and Asylum Act and who is in the United Kingdom as a result of his deportation, expulsion or other removal by compulsion of law from another country to the United Kingdom;”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 6th April 2000.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 4 of the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 7th April 2000.
V. N. Hewitt
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
