Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(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(3).

Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations

2.  In regulation 5(4) of the principal Regulations (entitlement to full remission and payment), in paragraph (1), for “£15,050” substitute “£15,276”.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

3.—(1) Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (modifications of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(5)) is amended as provided by paragraph (2).

(2) In Table A(6), 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”.

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.