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The Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010

Made

12th March 2010

Coming into operation

6th April 2010

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety(1), makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 13(1) to (4), (6) and (8) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1988(2) and section 171(2) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3).

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.–(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2010.

(2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(4).

(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(5) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendment of the principal Regulations

2. In the following provisions of the principal Regulations, for the sum of "£16,040" substitute "£16,190"–

(a) regulation 4 (3) (a) (iii), (d) (iii) and (e) (ii) (aa) (Entitlement to benefit); and

(b) paragraph 4 (1) (a) (iii) of Schedule 1 (Declaration needed for application for benefit).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 12th March 2010.

Legal seal

Andrew Elliott

A senior officer of the

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make amendments to the Healthy Start Scheme and Day Care Food Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 ("the principal Regulations").

Regulation 2 amends regulation 4 of, and Schedule 1 to, the principal Regulations. Regulation 2(a) increases the upper income level which determines whether a person receiving child tax credit but not working tax credit (unless that person is treated as not entitled to working tax credit by virtue of regulation 4(7) of the principal Regulations) is entitled to benefit under the principal Regulations. Regulation 2(b) amends Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations to mirror the increase to the upper income level in regulation 4 of the principal Regulations.

(1)

Formerly the Department of Health and Social Services; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Article 3(6) Back [1]

(2)

S.I. 1988/594 (N.I.2) Article 13 is substituted by Article 3 of S.I. 2003/3202 (N.I 19) see S.R. 2006 No. 418 (C. 24) as amended by S.R. 2006 No. 437 (C. 26) Back [2]

(3)

1992 c. 7, section 171(2) to (5) is applied by Article 15A of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1988, which Article was inserted by Article 22(1) of and paragraph 6(9) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1511 (N.I. 15)) and amended by section 4 of and paragraph 35(4) and (5) of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9), and Article 3(2) of S.I 2003/3202 (N.I. 19) Back [3]

(4)

S.R. 2006 No. 478 as amended by S.R. 2007 No. 188, S.R. 2008 No. 131 and S.R. 2009 No. 87 Back [4]

(5)

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



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