PART 3AMENDMENTS OF SECONDARY LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 3CHILDREN

Amendment of the Adoption Allowance RegulationsI142

1

The Adoption Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996155 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

2

In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

a

at the end of the definition of “severe disablement allowance” for “.” Substitute” “:”; and

b

after the definition of “severe disablement allowance” insert—

  • “universal credit” means universal credit under Part 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.

3

In regulation 6(5)(c) (review, variation and termination of allowances) after “qualifies for” insert “universal credit,”.