Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation for the purposes of—

(a)regulation 1 on 17th May 1999;

(b)regulation 2—

(i)where guardian’s allowance is payable (other than where the Department has arranged for the allowance to be payable on a Monday), on 18th May 1999,

(ii)where the weekly rate of incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance is increased in respect of a child or children, on 20th May 1999, and

(iii)for all other purposes on 17th May 1999.

Amendment of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations

2.  In regulation 8(2) of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979(2) (child benefit) for “£0.75” in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted “£3.35”.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations further amend the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 by altering the amount of the adjustments of benefits payable under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.

These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) 1992 are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.