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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income-Related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
(2) This regulation, regulation 2 and Schedule 1 shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant for income support from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 6th April 2003 and in this paragraph “benefit week” and “claimant” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations.
(3) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), regulation 3 and Schedule 2 shall come into operation on 1st April 2003.
(4) Paragraphs 1, 7, 10, 11 and 12 of Schedule 2 and regulation 3 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs shall come into operation on 7th April 2003.
(5) In a case where rent is or rates are payable at intervals of a week or any multiple thereof, paragraphs 2 to 6, 8 and 9 of Schedule 2 and regulation 3 in so far as it relates to those paragraphs shall come into operation on 7th April 2003.
(6) This regulation, regulation 4 and Schedule 3 shall have effect in relation to any particular claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance from the first day of the first benefit week to commence for that claimant on or after 6th April 2003 and in this paragraph “benefit week” shall have the same meaning as in regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.
(7) In these Regulations–
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 “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;
 “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
(8) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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The Income Support Regulations shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 1 and references in that Schedule to regulations and Schedules are to regulations of and Schedules to those Regulations.
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The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 3 and references in that Schedule to regulations and Schedules are to regulations of and Schedules to those Regulations.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 2nd January 2003.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 3 of and Schedule 2 to the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 2nd January 2003.
N. Taylor
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel

SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 2
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In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)–
(a) after the definition of “child benefit” there shall be inserted the following definition–“
 “child tax credit” means a child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”;
(b) after the definition of “welfare to work beneficiary” there shall be inserted the following definition–“
 “working tax credit” means a working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”, and
(c) the definitions of “disabled person’s tax credit” and “working families' tax credit” shall be omitted.
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In regulation 14 (persons of a prescribed description) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph–“
(3) A person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 133(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act as it applies to income support (definition of family) includes a child or young person in respect of whom section 141A of that Act applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 141A(1) of that Act.”.
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In regulation 15 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another) at the end of paragraph (1) there shall be added “and this includes a child or young person to whom regulation 14(3) applies”.
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In regulation 31 (date on which income is treated as paid) for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–“
(3) Where an award of working tax credit or child tax credit does not commence on the first day of a benefit week, it shall be treated as paid on the first day of the benefit week that follows the date of the award.”.
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SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 3
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SCHEDULE 3
Regulation 4
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In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)–
(a) after the definition of “the Child Benefit Regulations” there shall be inserted the following definition–“
 “child tax credit” means a child tax credit under section 8 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”;
(b) after the definition of “welfare to work beneficiary” there shall be inserted the following definition–“
 “working tax credit” means a working tax credit under section 10 of the Tax Credits Act 2002;”, and
(c) the definitions of “disabled person’s tax credit” and “working families' tax credit” shall be omitted.
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In regulation 76 (persons of a prescribed description) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph–“
(3) A person of a prescribed description for the purposes of the definition of “family” in Article 2 of the Order includes a child or young person in respect of whom section 141A of the Benefits Act applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 141A(1) of that Act.”.
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In regulation 77 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another) at the end of paragraph (1) there shall be added “and this includes a child or young person to whom regulation 76(3) applies”.
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In regulation 96 (date on which income is treated as paid) for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph–“
(3) Where an award of working tax credit or child tax credit does not commence on the first day of a benefit week, it shall be treated as paid on the first day of the benefit week that follows the date of the award.”.
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