This Statutory Rule has been made in consequence of a defect in S.R. 2003 No.329 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Rule.
2003 No. 351
The Social Security (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
Made
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1(1)
The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it 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 19921 and Article 14(1) and (4)(b) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 19952, and now vested in it3, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel4, in so far as regulations 2(1) and (2)(a) and 3 are concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of those regulations should not be referred to it5, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation –
a
for the purposes of this regulation and regulation 3, on 31st July 2003;
b
for the purposes of regulation 2 –
i
in the case of a student whose period of study begins on or after 1st August 2003 but before 1st September 2003, on the day the period of study begins;
ii
in any other case, on 1st September 2003.
2
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19546 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Disregards2
1
In sub-paragraph (b) of each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) for the sum “£327” there shall be substituted the sum “£335”.
2
The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) (which relate respectively to sums to be disregarded from the calculation of grant income and from student loans) are –
a
regulations 53(2A) and 57A(5) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19877;
b
regulations 62(2A) and 66A(5) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19878;
c
regulations 131(3) and 136(5) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19969.
Amendment of the Social Security Amendment (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment) Regulations3
Regulation 2(2) of the Social Security (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200310 (disregards) shall be omitted.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 23rd July 2003.
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulations 2(1) and (2)(a) and 3 of the foregoing Regulations
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 24th July 2003.
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)