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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force—
(a) for the purposes of regulations 3 and 4, on 6th August 2002,
(b) for the purposes of regulations 5 and 6, on 4th June 2002.
(2) Regulations 3 and 4 have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 6th August 2002.
(3) Regulations 5 and 6 have effect in relation to award periods commencing on or after 4th June 2002.
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In these Regulations—
 “award periods” means award periods of disabled person’s tax credit or, as the case may be, working families' tax credit;
 “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.
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(1) In each of the provisions listed in paragraph (2) for “£260” substitute “£265”.
(2) The provisions are—
(a) regulations 38(2A)(a) and 42A(5)(a) of the Family Credit Regulations;
(b) regulations 42(2A)(a) and 47(5)(a) of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations.
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(1) In each of the provisions listed in paragraph (2) for “£319” substitute “£327”.
(2) The provisions are—
(a) regulations 38(2A)(b) and 42A(5)(b) of the Family Credit Regulations;
(b) regulations 42(2A)(b) and 47(5)(b) of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations.
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(1) Amend regulation 46 of the Family Credit Regulations (“regulation 46”) and regulation 51 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (“regulation 51”) as follows.
(2) For paragraph (1D) of regulation 46 and paragraph (1C) of regulation 51 substitute the following paragraph—“
 This paragraph applies to either of the following persons—
(a) a person in respect of whom the care component of disability living allowance is, or would but for either a suspension of benefit in accordance with regulations under section 113(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act or an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation, be payable at the highest rate prescribed under section 72(3) of that Act, and
(b) a person in respect of whom attendance allowance is, or would but for either a suspension of benefit in accordance with regulations under section 113(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act or an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation, be payable at the higher rate referred to in section 65(3) of that Act.”.
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(1) In the Table in Schedule 4 to the Family Credit Regulations in column (2) at paragraph 1 for “£60” substitute “£62.50”.
(2) In the Table in Schedule 5 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations in column (2) at paragraph 1 for “£92.80” substitute “£95.30”.
Anne McGuire
Tony McNulty
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
14th May 2002