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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Capital Disregards Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 19th November 2001.
(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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There shall be added as—
(a) paragraph 61 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (capital to be disregarded);
(b) paragraph 63 of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (capital to be disregarded);
(c) paragraph 54 of Schedule 7 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (capital to be disregarded);the following paragraph—“
 The amount of a payment, other than a war pension within the meaning in section 25 of the Social Security Act 1989, to compensate for the fact that the claimant, the claimant’s partner, the claimant’s deceased spouse or the claimant’s partner’s deceased spouse—
(a) was a slave labourer or a forced labourer;
(b) had suffered property loss or had suffered personal injury, or
(c) was a parent of a child who had died,during the Second World War.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 23rd October 2001.
Bryan Davis
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 2(b) of the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 24th October 2001.
Brian McClure
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
