HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Income-Related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 18th August 1997. 2 In these Regulations— “the Income Support Regulations ” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Housing Benefit Regulations ” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Family Credit Regulations ” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ; “the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 ; “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations ” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 . 3 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Income Support, Housing Benefit, Family Credit, Disability Working Allowance and Jobseeker’s Allowance: interpretation 2 1 In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following definition in the appropriate place— “the Children Order ” means the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; . 2 The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are— a regulation 2(1) of the Income Support Regulations (interpretation); b regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (interpretation); c regulation 2(1) of the Family Credit Regulations (interpretation); d regulation 2 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (interpretation); e regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (interpretation). Income Support, Housing Benefit, Family Credit, Disability Working Allowance and Jobseeker’s Allowance: sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings 3 1 In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2), for head ( c ) there shall be substituted the following heads— c which is a payment made by an authority, as defined in Article 2 of the Children Order, in pursuance of Article 15 of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to, the Children Order (contribution by an authority to child’s maintenance); d which is a payment made by a local authority, as defined in section 107 of the Children Act 1975 , in pursuance of section 50 of the Children Act 1975 (contributions to a custodian towards the cost of the accommodation and maintenance of a child); e which is a payment made by a local authority, as defined in section 105 of the Children Act 1989 , in pursuance of section 15(1) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to, the Children Act 1989 (local authority contribution to a child’s maintenance where the child is living with a person as a result of a residence order), . 2 The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are— a paragraph 25(1) of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings); b paragraph 25(1) of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings); c paragraph 22(1) of Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings); d paragraph 22(1) of Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings); e paragraph 26(1) of Schedule 6 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings). 3 In Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations in paragraph 22(1) at the end of head ( b ) “or” shall be omitted. Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance: income treated as capital 4 1 In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2), for paragraph (8) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 8 Any payment made by an authority, as defined in Article 2 of the Children Order, which represents arrears of payments under Article 15 of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to, the Children Order (contribution by an authority to child’s maintenance) or any payment made by a local authority, as defined in section 107 of the Children Act 1975, which represents arrears of payments under section 50 of the Children Act 1975 (contributions to a custodian towards the cost of accommodation and maintenance of a child) or any payment made by a local authority, as defined in section 105 of the Children Act 1989, which represents arrears of payments under paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 (power of a local authority to make contributions to a person with whom a child lives as a result of a residence order) shall be treated as capital. . 2 The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are— a regulation 48 of the Income Support Regulations (income treated as capital); b regulation 110 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (income treated as capital). Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on John O'Neill Assistant Secretary 10th July 1997. The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland hereby consents to regulations 2(1) and (2)( b ) and 3(1) and (2)( b ) of the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on Cynthia D. Doake Assistant Secretary 11th July 1997.