
2025 No. 73
Social Security
The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Made 7th April 2025
Coming into operation 30th April 2025
The Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1)(q) and (5) and 165(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now vested in it and sections 15(1) and 60(2) of the Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
Citation, commencement, interpretation and cessation
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 and come into operation on 30th April 2025.
(2) In these Regulations “the 2016 Regulations” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.
(3) Regulation 3 will cease to have effect on 30th April 2026 at midnight.
Amendment of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland)
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(1) Paragraph 5(2) (priority as between certain debts) of Schedule 5 (deductions from benefit and direct payment to third parties) to the 2016 Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) After head (d) insert—“
(dd) regulation (3) (deductions from debtor’s universal credit) of the Fines Regulations;”
(3) Omit head (ee).
Modification of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland)
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(1) Schedule 5 (deductions from benefit and direct payment to third parties) to the 2016 Regulations shall be modified in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In paragraph 5(2) (priority as between certain debts)—
(a) as if before head (a) there were inserted—“
(za) Schedule 6 (deductions from benefit in respect of child support maintenance and payment to persons with care);”;
(b) as if head (g) were omitted.
(3) In paragraph 5(4) as if for “housing costs” there were substituted “Schedule 6 (deductions from benefit in respect of child support maintenance and payment to persons with care)”.
Revocation
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Regulation 5(c) of the Social Security (Fines) (Deduction from Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 is revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 7th April 2025
(L.S.)David Tarr
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
