
1998 No. 327
HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Amendment) (Capital) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998
Made 16th September 1998
Coming into operation 12th October 1998
The Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1), 132(3), 133(1) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Articles 2(2), 14(1) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland in so far as regulation 2(1) and (2)(b) is concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that the proposal in respect of that regulation should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Amendment) (Capital) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 12th October 1998.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Capital jointly held
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(1) In paragraph (1) of each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) for the words from “to an equal share” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the following—“
 to the whole beneficial interest therein in an equal share and the foregoing provisions of this Chapter shall apply for the purposes of calculating the amount of capital which the claimant is treated as possessing as if it were actual capital which the claimant does possess”.
(2) The regulations specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) (which relate to capital jointly held) are—
(a) regulation 52 of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) regulation 35 of the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987;
(d) regulation 39 of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992;
(e) regulation 115 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on
John O'Neill
Assistant Secretary
16th September 1998.The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland hereby consents to regulation 2(1) and (2)(b) of the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on
J. Ritchie
Assistant Secretary
16th September 1998.