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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 6th October 2003 immediately after the coming into operation of regulation 24 of the State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
(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 Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (applicable amounts) –
(a) in paragraph 10(1)(b)(i) (higher pensioner premium) for “paragraph 12(1)(a) or (c)” there shall be substituted “paragraph 12(1)(a), (c) or (d)”.
(b) in paragraph 11 (disability premium) –
(i) in sub-paragraph (b)(i) for “paragraph 12(1)(a), (b) or (c)” there shall be substituted “paragraph 12(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d)”, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)(ii) for “paragraph 12(1)(a) or (c)” there shall be substituted “paragraph 12(1)(a), (c) or (d)”.
(c) in paragraph 12 (additional condition for the higher pensioner and disability premiums) –
(i) in sub-paragraph (4) for “sub-paragraph (1)(c)” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted “sub-paragraph (1)(c) and (d)”, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (6) for “sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i) and (c)(i)” there shall be substituted “sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i) and (c)”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 16th September 2003.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
