HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 8th August 2003. 2 The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 2 1 The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4). 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 In Schedule 1B (prescribed categories of person) – a in paragraphs 14A(1)(c) (parental leave) and 14B(2)(b) (paternity leave) “working families' tax credit, disabled person’s tax credit” shall be omitted, and b at the end of paragraphs 14A(2) and 14B(3) there shall be added “but subject in any case to calculations of those amounts made in accordance with the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) Regulations 2002 .”. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 4 1 The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 5 In Schedule 2A to the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (date on which change of circumstances take effect) in paragraph 4 for “or (2)” there shall be substituted “, (2) or (3)”. Amendment of the Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments) Regulations 6 1 The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6). 2 In regulation 6 (income support – transitional arrangements) – a in paragraph (1) at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 31(3) of the Income Support Regulations,”; b in paragraph (2) for the words following “the Department shall,” to the end of that paragraph there shall be substituted “in the benefit week which begins on or includes 5th October 2003, disregard from his income an amount equivalent to the amount of child tax credit to which he is entitled”; c in paragraph (3) for “paragraphs (1) and (2),” there shall be substituted “paragraph (1)”; d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 In regulation 7 (jobseeker’s allowance – transitional arrangements) – a in paragraph (1) at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to regulation 96(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations,”; b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 In Schedule 1 (amendment to the Income Support Regulations) – a in paragraph 16(d) after “an adult dependant” there shall be added “and “or for an older student” shall be omitted”; b paragraph 21(e), (f) and (g) shall be omitted. 5 In Schedule 2 (amendment to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations) – a in paragraph 16(d) after “an adult dependent” there shall be added “and “or for an older student” shall be omitted”; b the words “and paragraph 9(a) in Column (2)” in paragraph 21(a) and paragraphs 2(b), 3(b) and 21(b) and (d) shall be omitted. 6 In Schedule 4 (other miscellaneous consequential amendments) in paragraph 2(a)(ii), at the end of the definition of “family element” there shall be added “but subject in any case to calculations of those amounts made in accordance with the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) Regulations 2002”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 16th July 2003. John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to regulation 3 of the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 16th July 2003. Rodney Scott A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel