
2008 No. 497
Housing; Rates; Social Security
The Social Security (Child Benefit Disregard) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
Made 11th December 2008
Coming into operation  5th January 2009

The Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of powers conferred by sections 122(1)(a) and (d), 132(3) and (4)(b) and 171(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and Articles 14(1), (4)(b) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and now vested in it.
Regulation 4 is made with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel.

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that the proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.
Citation, commencement, effect and interpretation
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Child Benefit Disregard) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 5th January 2009.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3) regulations 2 to 4 cease to have effect and are revoked on 6th April 2009; and on and after that date the Income Support Regulations, the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations and the Housing Benefit Regulations shall have effect as if regulations 2 to 4 had not been made.
(3) Regulation 4 ceases to have effect and is revoked on 1st April 2009 in relation to a claimant whose eligible rent falls to be calculated in accordance with regulation 78(2)(b) or (c) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (calculation of weekly income); and on and after that date the Housing Benefit Regulations shall have effect in relation to such a claimant as if regulation 4 had not been made.
(4) In these Regulations—
 “the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006;
 “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.
(5) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations
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Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations
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Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations
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Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 11th December 2008
(L.S.)John O’Neill
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
The Department of Finance and Personnel consents to regulation 4.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 12th December 2008
(L.S.)Adrian Arbuthnot
A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
