Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 3) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000
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2000 No. 2189
SOCIAL SECURITY, NORTHERN IRELAND
TAXES, NORTHERN IRELAND
The Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 3) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000
Made 10th August 2000
Laid before Parliament 11th August 2000
Coming into force 1st September 2000
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 127(5), 128(2E)(a)(ii), 132(3) and (4)(b) and 133(1) and (2)(c) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19921, and section 2(1)(a) of, and paragraph 1(c) and (d) of Schedule 2 to, the Tax Credits Act 19992, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and effect
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 3) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st September 2000.
(2) Regulations 3, 8 and 9 have effect in relation to award periods of working families' tax credit commencing on or after 3rd October 2000.
(3) Regulations 4 to 7 and 12 to 15 have effect in relation to the academic year 2000–01 and subsequent academic years.
(4) Regulations 11 and 16 have effect in relation to claims to disabled person’s tax credit made, or treated as made, on or after 1st October 2000.
(5) In this regulation—
“the academic year 2000–01” means the period of 12 months commencing on 1st September 2000; and subsequent academic years shall be construed accordingly;
“working families' tax credit” and “disabled person’s tax credit ” have the meanings given by section 1(1) of the Tax Credits Act 1999.
Amendments to the Family Credit (General) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1987
2. The Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19873are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 9.
3. In regulation 4(4)(c)(ii)(bb)4after “self-employed earner ” insert “or director”.
4. In regulation 37—
(a) immediately before the definition of “a course of advanced education” insert—
““access fund payment” means—
(a) a payment made under Article 30 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 19935or Article 5 of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 19976;
(b) a payment made under section 7 or 68 of the Further and Higher Education Act 19927; or
(c) a payment made under section 73 of the Education (Scotland) Act 19808;
which is made for the purpose of assisting a student in financial difficulties;”;
(b) after the definition of “covenant income” insert—
““daily living costs” means food, ordinary clothing or footwear, household fuel or housing costs;”;
(c) in the definition of “grant”9for the words from “ a payment derived” to the end of the definition substitute “an access fund payment”;
(d) after the definition of “last day of the course”10insert—
““ordinary clothing or footwear” means clothing or footwear for normal daily use, but does not include school uniforms, or clothing or footwear used solely for sporting activities;”;
(e) in paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “period of study” after “ grant”, in both places where that word occurs, insert “or loan”;
(f) for the definition of “sandwich course” substitute—
““sandwich course” has the meaning given by regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200011, regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 200012or regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 200013;”.
5. In regulation 3814—
(a) in paragraph (1) for “and (2A)” substitute “, (2A) and (2B)”;
(b) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (f) for “£303” substitute “£311”;
(ii) after sub-paragraph (g) add—
“(h)
“(h) that is an access fund payment and is intended to be used for any item other than daily living costs of any member of the student’s family or is used for any rent or rates or both for which any member of that family is liable.”;
(c) in paragraph (2A)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a) for “£250” substitute “£255”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) for “£303” substitute “£311”;
(d) after paragraph (2A) insert—
“2B There shall be disregarded from a student’s grant income £20 of any weekly access fund payment used for daily living costs of any member of the student’s family or, where any access fund payment so used covers a period of more than a week, £20 for each complete week covered by the payment.”;
(e) in paragraph (3) for the words from “, except any amount” to the end substitute “shall, subject to paragraph (4), be apportioned equally between the weeks in the period of 52 weeks beginning with and including the start of the academic year in respect of which the grant is payable.”;
(f) omit paragraph (3A).
6. After regulation 42 insert—
“Calculation of capital—lump sum access fund payment
42ZA. There shall be disregarded from the calculation of a student’s capital under regulation 29(1) any lump sum access fund payment made to the student that is not intended to be used for daily living costs, but only for a period of 52 weeks beginning with and including the date of receipt of the payment.”.
7. In regulation 42A15—
(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—
“1 A student loan shall be treated as income unless it is a hardship loan (in which case it shall be disregarded).”;
(b) after paragraph (1) as substituted insert—
“1A For the purposes of paragraph (1) “hardship loan” means a loan made under—
(a) regulation 21 of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200016;
(b) regulation 21 of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2000; or
(c) regulation 12 of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2000.”;
(c) in paragraph (2)(a) after “the weeks in” insert “the period of 52 weeks beginning with and including the start of”;
(d) in paragraph (5)—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a) for “£250” substitute “£255”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) for “£303” substitute “£311”.
8. In regulation 46—
(a) in paragraph (1)17after sub-paragraph (b) add the following sub-paragraph—
“(c)
“(c) in respect of any child or young person to whom paragraph (1B) applies, the allowance specified in paragraph (4) of column (2) of Schedule 4.”;
(b) after paragraph (1A)18insert the following paragraphs—
“1B This paragraph applies to a child or young person for whom the claimant or his partner is responsible and who is a member of the claimant’s household, and—
(a) in respect of whom disability living allowance is payable, or has ceased to be payable solely because he is a patient; or
(b) who is identified as a person who is blind in pursuance of arrangements under section 1(1) of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 197819; or
(c) who ceased to so identified within the 28 weeks immediately preceding the date of claim.
1C For the purposes of paragraph (1B)(a), “patient” has the same meaning as in regulation 8(3)(a).”
9. In Schedule 4 (determination of maximum amounts of family credit)20after paragraph 3 there shall be added the following paragraph—
“4 Child or young person to whom regulation 46(1B) applies (disabled child or young person) |
4 £22.25.” |
Amendments to the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992
10. The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 199221are amended in accordance with regulations 11 to 16.
11. In regulation 4 after paragraph (b) add—
“or
(c)
(c) the claim relates to section 128(2C)22of the Contributions and Benefits Act (fast-track procedure).”.
12. In regulation 41—
(a) immediately before the definition of “a course of advanced education” insert—
““access fund payment” means—
(a) a payment made under Article 30 of the Education and...
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