
2001 No. 258
HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Volunteers Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001
Made 27th June 2001
Coming into operation 24th September 2001
The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(4)(b) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Article 14(4)(b) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel in so far as regulation 2(2)(b) is concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals 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 (Volunteers Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 24th September 2001.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Income support, housing benefit and jobseeker’s allowance: disregard of expenses
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(1) In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2), after “incurred” there shall be inserted “, or to be incurred,”.
(2) The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—
(a) paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings);
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Jobseekers Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings).
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 27th June 2001.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 2(2)(b) of the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 28th June 2001.
William Pauley
Senior Officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
