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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 2nd September 2002.
(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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(1) For sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs –“
(a) any grant of £255 for an only or eldest dependant child payable under regulation 16(1)(c) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (grants for dependants);
(b) any grant of £510 in respect of expenditure on travel, books and equipment for the purpose of attending his course which is payable under regulation 16(8) of those Regulations;
(c) any grant for childcare costs payable under regulation 17 of those Regulations (grants for dependants – childcare costs);”.
(2) The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) (which relate to the calculation of grant income) are –
(a) regulation 53(2B) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;
(b) regulation 62(2B) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;
(c) regulation 131(3A) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 27th August 2002.
Bryan Davis
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 2(1) and (2)(a) of the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 27th August 2002
N. Taylor
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
