The Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 No. 180

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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND

2006 No. 180
WELFARE FOODS
The Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

	Made	4th April 2006
	Coming into force	6th April 2006

The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety[1], in exercise of the powers conferred 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] makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1. –

    (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Welfare Foods (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2006.

    (2) In these Regulations "the principal Regulations" means the Welfare Foods Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988[4].

Amendment of the principal Regulations
     2. In the following provisions of the principal Regulations, for the sum of "£13,910"wherever it appears substitute "£14,155"–

(a) regulation 2(1)(b)(iii), 2(2)(b) and 2(3)(iv) (Free milk, dried milk and vitamins);

(b) regulation 10(1)(iv) (Inability to obtain free vitamins);

(c) paragraph 3(d) of Schedule 3A[

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on

4th April 2006.

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 further amend the Welfare Foods Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 ("the principal Regulations") to increase the limits for entitlement to benefit.

Regulation 2 raises to £14,155 the figure for the upper 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 Welfare Foods Scheme established by the principal Regulations.

Notes:

[1] See S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1); Article 3(6)back

[2] S.I. 1988/594 (N.I. 2); Article 13(4) 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, the relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2005 No. 190 back

[5] Schedule 3A was inserted by Regulation 5 of S.R. 2004 No. 161 back

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Prepared 21 April 2006

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