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(a) in paragraph (1) sub-paragraphs (a)(vi)[11] and (c) shall be omitted; and

(b) paragraph (1A)[12] shall be omitted.

    (7) In Schedule 2 (applicable amounts) paragraph 2A[13] shall be omitted.

    (8) In Schedule 7 (applicable amounts in special cases) -

(a) paragraphs -


(i) 10A[14] (single claimants temporarily in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board);

(ii) 10B[15] (couples and members of polygamous marriages where one member is or all are temporarily in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board);

(iii) 10C[16] (lone parents who are in residential accommodation temporarily), and

(iv) 13(1)[17] (persons in residential accommodation) in columns (1) and (2),



shall be omitted.

    (9) In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)

paragraph 15B[18] shall be omitted.

Amendment of the Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations
     3.  - (1) The Social Fund (Cold Weather Payments) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988[19] shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

    (2) In regulation 1A(1)[20] (prescribed description of persons) -

(a) for "The" there shall be substituted "Subject to paragraph (2), the";

(b) in sub-paragraph (a)[21] ", but does not include the allowance specified in paragraph 2A of that Schedule (residential allowances)" shall be omitted;

(c) in sub-paragraph (aa)[22] "but does not include the allowance specified in paragraph 3 of that Schedule (residential allowances)" shall be omitted;

(d) in sub-paragraph (ab)[23] "and is not resident in a residential care home or nursing home" shall be omitted; and

(e) for paragraph (2)[24] there shall be substituted the following paragraph -

    " (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who resides in -


(a) a nursing home within the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987[25];

(b) a residential care home within the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987[26], or

(c) residential accommodation within the meaning given by regulation 21(3) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987[27].".

Amendment of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations
     4.  - (1) The Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996[28] shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (12).

    (2) In regulation 1(2)[29] (citation, commencement and interpretation) the definition of "residential allowance" shall be omitted.

    (3) In regulation 83[30] (applicable amounts) paragraph (c) shall be omitted.

    (4) In regulation 84(1)[31] (polygamous marriages) sub-paragraph (d) shall be omitted.

    (5) In regulation 85 (special cases) -

(a) at the beginning of paragraph (1)[32] for "Subject to paragraph (2A) in" there shall be substituted "In", and

(b) paragraph (2A)[33] shall be omitted.

    (6) In regulation 86A[34] (applicable amounts for joint-claim couples) paragraph (b) shall be omitted.

    (7) In regulation 86B[35] (applicable amounts for joint-claim couples: polygamous marriages) paragraph (c) shall be omitted.

    (8) In regulation 148 (applicable amounts in urgent cases) -

(a) in paragraph (1) sub-paragraphs (a)(v) and (c)[36] shall be omitted, and

(b) paragraph (1A)[37] shall be omitted.

    (9) In regulation 148A[38] (applicable amount in urgent cases: joint-claim couples) -

(a) in paragraph (1) sub-paragraphs (a)(iv) and (c) shall be omitted, and

(b) paragraph (1A)[39] shall be omitted.

    (10) In Schedule 1 (applicable amounts) paragraph 3[40] shall be omitted.

    (11) In Schedule 4 (applicable amounts in special cases) -

(a) in column (1) of paragraph 1 (person other than claimant who is a patient) for ", 15 and 17" there shall be substituted "and 15";

(b) paragraphs -


(i) 7[41] (single claimants temporarily in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust);

(ii) 8[42] (couples and members of polygamous marriages where one member is or all are temporarily in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust);

(iii) 9[43] (lone parents who are in residential accommodation temporarily),



shall be omitted, and

(c) in columns (1) and (2) of paragraph 15[44] (persons in residential accommodation) sub-paragraph (1) shall be omitted.

    (12) In Schedule 4A[45] (applicable amounts of joint-claim couples in special cases) -

(a) in column (1) of paragraph 1 (patients) for "Subject to paragraphs 9 and 11, a" there shall be substituted "A", and

(b) paragraph 9[46] (members of joint-claim couples in residential accommodation) shall be omitted.

Amendment of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations
     5. In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation) of the Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000[47] -

(a) in paragraph (2), in the definition of "nursing home" for "regulation 19(2) of the Income Support Regulations (persons in homes for persons in need and nursing homes)" there shall be substituted "regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation)[48]";

(b) for paragraph (3A)[49] there shall be substituted the following paragraph -

    " (3A) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a)(i) "residential care home" has the meaning given to that expression by virtue of paragraphs (a) and (c) of that definition in regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations[50].".

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on


9th May 2003.

L.S.

John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development

[2] S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)back

[3] See Article 8(b) of, and Part II of Schedule 6 to, the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481)back

[4] S.R. 2003 No. 191back

[5] 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)back

[6] S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R.1988 Nos. 146, 318 and 431, S.R. 1989 No. 139, S.R. 1990 No. 131, S.R. 1993 Nos. 149, 165, 235 and 373, S.R. 1994 Nos. 65 and 77, S.R. 1996 Nos. 78 and 288, S.R. 1997 Nos. 22 and 412 and S.R. 2002 Nos. 99 and 132back

[7] The definition of "residential allowance" was inserted by regulation 2(2)(d) of S.R. 1993 No. 149back

[8] Sub-paragraph (bb) was inserted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 1993 No. 149 and amended by regulation 2 of, and paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1 to, S.R. 2003 No. 195back

[9] Sub-paragraph (cc) was inserted by regulation 2(4) of S.R. 1993 No. 149 and amended by regulation 2 of, and paragraph 3(b) of Schedule 1 to, S.R. 2003 No. 195back

[10] Paragraph (1B) was inserted by regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 6(b) of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[11] Head (vi) was added by regulation 4(16)(a) of S.R. 1993 No. 373back

[12] Paragraph (1A) was inserted by regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 11(e) of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[13] Paragraph 2A was inserted by regulation 2(6) of S.R. 1993 No. 149 and amended by regulation 4(4) of S.R. 1993 No. 165, regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 1993 No. 235, regulation 4(17)(b) of S.R. 1993 No. 373, paragraph 1(j) of Schedule 12 to, S.R. 1994 No. 65, regulation 7(3)(a) of S.R. 1997 No. 412, Part 1 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99 and regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 13 of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[14] Paragraph 10A was inserted by regulation 34(b) of S.R. 1988 No. 146 and amended by regulation 8 of, and paragraph 13(a) of Schedule 1 to, S.R. 1989 No. 139, Part 1 of Schedule 4 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99 and regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 15(c) of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[15] Paragraph 10B was inserted by regulation 34(b) of S.R. 1988 No. 146 and amended by regulation 8 of, and paragraph 13(a) of Schedule 1 to, S.R. 1989 No. 139, Part 1 of Schedule 4 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99 and regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 15(d) of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[16] Paragraph 10C was inserted by regulation 19(c) of S.R. 1988 No. 431 and amended by regulation 5(5)(b) of S.R. 1996 No. 288, Part 1 of Schedule 4 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99 and regulation 2 of, and paragraph 21(e) and (f) of Schedule 1 to, S.R. 2003 No. 195back

[17] Paragraph 13 was amended by regulation 22(d) of S.R. 1988 No. 318, regulation 19(k)(i) and (ii) of S.R. 1990 No. 131, regulation 1(6)(a)(iv) of Schedule 1 to, S.R. 1993 No. 149, Part 1 of Schedule 4 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99 and regulation 2 of, and paragraph 21(g) of Schedule 1 to, S.R. 2003 No. 195back

[18] Paragraph 15B was inserted by regulation 2 of S.R. 1996 No. 78 and amended by 2(2)(a)(i)(aa) and (bb) and 2(2)(a)(ii) and (iii) of S.R. 1997 No. 22 and regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 17(d) of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[19] S.R. 1988 No. 368; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1991 No. 487, S.R. 1993 No. 413, S.R. 1996 No. 488 and S.R. 2003 No. 191back

[20] Regulation 1A was inserted by regulation 2 of S.R. 1991 No. 487 and amended by regulation 2 of S.R. 1993 No. 413, regulation 3 of S.R. 1996 No. 488 and regulation 25 of S.R.2003 No. 191back

[21] Sub-paragraph (a) was amended by regulation 2 of S.R. 1993 No. 413back

[22] Sub-paragraph (aa) was inserted by regulation 3(b) of S.R. 1996 No. 488back

[23] Sub-paragraph (ab) was inserted by regulation 25(5)(b) of S.R. 2003 No. 191back

[24] Paragraph (2) was inserted by regulation 25(6) of S.R. 2003 No. 191back

[25] The definition of "nursing home" was substituted by regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[26] The definition of "residential care home" was substituted by regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[27] The definition of "residential accommodation" was substituted by paragraph 1(4)(a) of Schedule 1 to, S.R. 1993 No. 149 and amended by paragraph 1(f) of Schedule 12 to, S.R. 1994 No. 65back

[28] S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 288, S.R. 1997 No. 412, S.R. 2000 No. 350, S.R. 2002 Nos. 99 and 132 and S.R. 2003 No. 195back

[29] To which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulationsback

[30] Regulation 83 was amended by regulation 3 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2003 No. 195back

[31] Regulation 84 was amended by regulation 3 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2003 No. 195back

[32] Paragraph (1) was amended by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 6(a) of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[33] Paragraph (2A) was inserted by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 6(b) of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[34] Regulation 86A was inserted by paragraph 35 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2000 No. 350 and amended by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 8 of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[35] Regulation 86B was inserted by paragraph 35 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2000 No. 350 and amended by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 8 of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132 and regulation 3 of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2003 No. 195back

[36] Sub-paragraph (c) was amended by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 14(c) of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[37] Paragraph (1A) was inserted by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 14(e) of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[38] Regulation 148A was inserted by paragraph 47 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2000 No. 350 and amended by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 15 of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[39] Paragraph (1A) was inserted by regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 15(e) of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[40] Paragraph 3 was amended by regulation 7(3)(b) of S.R. 1997 No. 412, paragraph 53(3) of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2000 No. 350, Part I of Schedule 8 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99 and regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 17 of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[41] Paragraph 7 was amended by Part I of Schedule 11 to, S.R. 2002 No.99back

[42] Paragraph 8 was amended by Part I of Schedule 11 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99 and regulation 2(2) of, and paragraph 19(a) of Part II of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[43] Paragraph 9 was amended by regulation 9(5) of S.R. 1996 No. 288 and Part I of Schedule 11 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99back

[44] Paragraph 15 was amended by Part I of Schedule 11 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99back

[45] Schedule 4A was inserted by paragraph 57 of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2000 No. 350back

[46] Paragraph 9 was amended by Schedule 12 to, S.R. 2002 No. 99back

[47] S.R. 2000 No. 91; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2000 No. 321 and S.R. 2001 No. 373back

[48] The definition of "nursing home" was substituted by regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

[49] Paragraph (3A) was inserted by regulation 2(2)(c) of S.R. 2000 No. 321 and amended by regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 2001 No. 373back

[50] The definition of "residential care home" was substituted by regulation 2(1) of, and paragraph 1 of Part I of the Schedule to, S.R. 2002 No. 132back

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