
2001 No. 261
HOUSING; SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Discretionary Housing Payments Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001
Made 28th June 2001
Coming into operation 2nd July 2001
The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 129(4), 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, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Discretionary Housing Payments Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 2nd July 2001.
(2) In these Regulations—
 ...
 “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.
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Disregard of discretionary housing payments
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There shall be added as—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) paragraph 71 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations;
(c) paragraph 67 of Schedule 6 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations,the following paragraph—“Any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001.”.
(2) There shall be inserted as—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) sub-paragraph (c) in paragraph 7 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations;
(c) sub-paragraph (d) in paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations,
the following sub-paragraph—“Any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001,”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 28th June 2001.
John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
