Contents
1Citation and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Incapacity) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2008.
2Amendment of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations#
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3Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations#
(1)The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)In regulation 20 (disregard of certain pension payments or PPF periodic payments)—
(a)omit “or” after paragraph (b); and
(b)after paragraph (c) add—“d any payment made under Article 14(1)(b) or 21(1)(a) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005; ore any pension payment made under an instrument specified in section 639(2) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003.”
4Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations#
In regulation 17 (exempt work) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995—
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(b)in paragraph (7) for “Duties undertaken on not more than one day a week” substitute “Duties undertaken on either one full day or two half days a week”.
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