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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND
2005 No. 190
WELFARE FOODS
The Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
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Made |
4th April 2005 | |
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Coming into operation |
6th April 2005 | |
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety[1], in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 13(3) and (4) 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] and all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.
- (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2005.
(2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Welfare Foods Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988[4].
Amendment of the principal Regulations
2.
The principal Regulations are amended as follows -
(a) in regulations 2(1)(b)(iii), 2(2)(aa), 2(2)(b)(iii), 2(3)(iv), 4(1A)(a), 10(1)(iv) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 3A for the sum of "£13,480" whenever it appears, there is substituted "£13,910".
(b) in regulation 4 (Purchase of dried milk at a reduced price) in paragraphs (1)(a) and (1A) for the sum of "£14,600", there is substituted "£15,050".
Revocations
3.
Regulations 2(2) and 4(a) of the Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004[5] are hereby revoked
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on
4th April 2005.
L.S.
Deirdre Kenny
Senior Officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations further amend the Welfare Foods Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 ("the principal Regulations").
Regulation 2(a) amends regulations 2(1)(b)(iii), 2(2)(aa), 2(2)(b)(iii), 2(3)(iv) (Free milk, dried milk and vitamins), 4(1A)(a) (Purchase of dried milk at a reduced price), 10(1)(iv) (Inability to obtain free vitamins) and paragraph 3(d) of Schedule 3A to the principal Regulations. It raises to £13,910 the figure for the income level that determines whether a person receiving Child Tax Credit but not Working Tax Credit and who meets other conditions is entitled to benefit under the Scheme.
Regulation 2(b) further amends regulation 4 to raise to £15,050 the figure for the maximum income level that determines whether a person entitled to tax credits and who meets other conditions is entitled to purchase dried milk at a reduced price under the Scheme.
Regulation 3 revokes previous amending Regulations.
Notes:
[1]
See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1); Article 36(6)back
[2]
S.I. 1988/594 (N.I. 2); Article 13(2) was amended by section 4 of, and paragraph 35(1) of Schedule 2 to, the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9)back
[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(a) 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)back
[4]
S.R. 1988 No. 137, relevant amending regulations are S.R. 2003 Nos. 202 and 393 and S.R. 2004 No. 161back
[5]
S.R. 2004 No. 161back
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0 337 95991 9
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