The Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2015/811 |
| Year | 2015 |
2015No. 811
SOCIAL SECURITY, NORTHERN IRELAND
The Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
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1stJuly2015
The Treasury makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(2) and (3) and 171(3), (4) and (10) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and now exercisable by them( 1).
The Department for Social Development( 2) concurs in the making of these Regulations.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into force on 1st July 2015.
Amendment of the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
2.-(1) Regulation 9 (earnings of employed earners) of the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996( 3) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (3)(b), for "claimant's participation in a service user group" substitute "claimant participating as a service user".
(3) After paragraph (3) insert-
"(3A) The reference in paragraph (3)(b) to a claimant participating as a service user is to-(a) a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of-(i) a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing, or(ii) a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,in their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services;
(b) a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of-(i) the Department for Social Development in relation to any of its functions in the field of social security or child support;(ii) the Department for Employment and Learning( 4) in relation to any of its functions under section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950( 5) (general functions of Ministry as to employment and training for employment), or(iii) a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such functions,in their capacity as a person affected or potentially affected by the exercise of those functions or the carer of such a person, or
(c) the carer of a person consulted under sub-paragraphs (a) or (b).".(4) In paragraph (4), omit the...
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