2009 No. 151
Health And Personal Social Services
The Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
Made 3rd April 2009
Coming into operation
Regulation 2 6th April 2009
Regulation 3 7th April 2009

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 45, 98, 106, and 107(6) of and paragraphs 1(b) and 1B of Schedule 15 to, the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 and with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel insofar as they relate to the remission of charges, and in conjunction with the Department of Finance and Personnel insofar as they relate to travelling expenses.
See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3(6)
S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14); relevant amending Instruments are S.I. 1988/594 (N.I. 2) Article 14 and S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1) Article 34 and Part II of Schedule 5 and S.R. 1999 No.11

1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation as follows—
(a) regulation 2 on 6th April 2009;
(b) regulation 3 on 7th April 2009.
2 In these Regulations—
“the principal Regulations” means the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004.
S.R. 2004 No. 91; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2004 Nos. 156 and 162, S.R. 2005 Nos. 107 and 386, S.R. 2006 Nos. 136,190, and 333, S.R. 2007 Nos. 264 and 437, S.R. 2008 Nos. 39, 292 and 391 and S.R. 2009 No. 52

2 Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations
In regulation 5 of the principal Regulations (entitlement to full remission and payment), in paragraph (1), for “£15,050” substitute “£15,276”.
Regulation 5 was amended by S.R. 2005 No. 107

3 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations
1 Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (modifications of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987) is amended as provided by paragraph (2).
S.R. 1987 No. 459
2 In Table A, in the modifications of—
(a) regulation 45 of the Income Support Regulations, for “£22,250” substitute “£23,000”; and
(b) regulation 53 of the Income Support Regulations—
(i) for “£13,500” substitute “£14,000”; and
(ii) for “£22,250” substitute “£23,000”.
Table A was amended by S.R. 2008 No. 292
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 3rd April 2009
Christine Jendoubi A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel insofar as the foregoing Regulations relate to travelling expenses on 3rd April 2009
Jack Layberry A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations insofar as they relate to the remission of charges.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 3rd April 2009
Jack Layberry A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These regulations further amend the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (“the principal Regulations”), which provide for remission and payment of certain charges which would otherwise be payable under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 and for payment by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety of travelling expenses incurred in attending a hospital.
Regulation 2 amends regulation 5 of the principal Regulations to increase the income level at which recipients of tax credits are entitled to a full remission and payment of Health Service travel expenses and a remission of Health Service charges.
Regulation 3 amends Schedule 1 of the principal Regulations to increase the Low Income Scheme capital limits in those Regulations for people living permanently in residential care homes or nursing homes.