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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 10th April 2001.
(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 of the principal Regulations (interpretation) for the definition of “capital limit” substitute—“
 “capital limit”—
(a) in the case of a person who lives permanently in a nursing home or residential care home or in accommodation provided by a Board under Articles 15, 36 and 99 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, has the meaning it bears in regulation 20 (Capital Limit) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1993, and
(b) in the case of any other person, means the amount prescribed for the purposes of section 130(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.”.
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In paragraphs (2)(c) and (g) of regulation 4 of the principal Regulations (description of persons entitled to full remission and payment) for “£70” there shall be substituted “£71”.
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In paragraph (2)(b) of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations (calculation of resources and requirements) for the words “at the date when he paid the relevant charges or travelling expenses” there shall be substituted “at the date when the relevant charges or travelling expenses are paid in full”.
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In Table A of Part I of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (modification of provisions of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 at the end of the entry relating to “regulation 53” there shall be added the following paragraph “As if in paragraph 1A for “£10,000” on each occasion it appears there were substituted “£11,500” and as if for “£16,000” there were substituted “£18,500”.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 12th March 2001.
D. A. Baker
Senior Officer of the
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel insofar as the foregoing Regulations relate to Travelling Expenses on 12th March 2001.
D. Sterling
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
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 March 2001.
D. Sterling
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
