The Social Security and Child Support (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Amendment of the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations

19.—(1) The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (7).

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) after the definition of “the Contributions and Benefits Act”(2) there shall be inserted the following definition—

““the Jobseekers Order” means the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(3);”.

(3) In regulation 7 (income-related benefits)—

(a)after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(aa)in the case of income-based jobseeker’s allowance, in accordance with paragraphs 12(1)(a), (b)(ii) or (c) or 13 and 14 of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (higher pensioner and disability premiums);”, and

(b)in paragraph (c), for “(a) and (b)” there shall be substituted “(a), (aa) and (b)”.

(4) In regulation 8(2) (persons of a prescribed description) after sub-paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(aa)who is entitled to income-based jobseeker’s allowance or would, but for Article 5(1)(d) of the Jobseekers Order (provision against dual entitlement of members of family), be so entitled;”.

(5) In regulation 55 (prevention of duplication of awards of disability working allowance, family credit and income support) after “family credit” there shall be inserted “, income-based jobseeker’s allowance”.

(6) In Schedule 3 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—

(a)in paragraph 3 after “housing benefit” there shall be inserted “, income-based jobseeker’s allowance”, and

(b)in paragraph 5(b) after “income support” there shall be inserted “or income-based jobseeker’s allowance”.

(7) In Schedule 4 (capital to be disregarded)—

(a)in paragraph 8(b) after “income-related benefit” there shall be inserted “or income-based jobseeker’s allowance,”, and

(b)after paragraph 46(4) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“47.  The amount of any back to work bonus payable by way of a jobseeker’s allowance or income support in accordance with Article 28 of the Jobseekers Order, or a corresponding payment under section 26 of the Jobseekers Act 1995(5), but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt.”.