The Tax Credits (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/2573
• Sections: 14

Section 1 Citation, commencement and effect

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 5th October 1999 immediately after the coming into force of section 2 of the Tax Credits Act 1999.

(2) These Regulations have effect—

(a) with respect only to tax credit, and

(b) with respect to any period, for which tax credit is payable to a person by virtue of section 127(3) or 128(6) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act (Northern Ireland) 1992 , commencing on or after 5th October 1999.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—

“the principal Regulations ” means the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 and “regulation” means a regulation of the principal Regulations;

“tax credit” means working families' tax credit or disabled person’s tax credit, within the meanings in section 1(1) of the Tax Credits Act 1999.

Section 3 Amendments to the principal Regulations

In regulation 1(2)—

(a) for the definition of “adjudicating authority” there shall be substituted—

“adjudicating authority” means, as the case may require, the Board, an officer of the Board, an appeal tribunal constituted under Article 8 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, the Chief Social Security Commissioner or any other Social Security Commissioner, or a tribunal consisting of two or more of such Commissioners in accordance with Article 16(7) of that Order;

(b) in the definition of “benefit” for the words “family credit” there shall be substituted the words “disabled person’s tax credit, working families' tax credit”;

(c) after the definition of “benefit” there shall be inserted—

“the Board” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue;;

(d) for the definition of “disability working allowance” there shall be substituted—

“disabled person’s tax credit” means a disabled person’s tax credit under section 128 of the Contributions and Benefits Act and, in relation to things done, or falling to be done, prior to 5th October 1999, shall include a reference to disability working allowance under that section;;

(e) the definition of “family credit” shall be omitted;

(f) at the end there shall be added—

“start notification” means a notification of entitlement to tax credit furnished to an employer by the Board, referred to in section 6(2)(a) of the Tax Credits Act 1999;

“tax credit” means working families' tax credit or disabled person’s tax credit;

“working families' tax credit” means working families' tax credit under section 127 of the Contributions and Benefits Act and, in relation to things done, or falling to be done, prior to 5th October 1999, shall include a reference to family credit under that section.

Section 4 Amendments to the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 2 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a) for the words “the Department may, in its discretion” there shall be substituted the words “the Board may, in their discretion”;

(b) for the words “the Department” where they secondly appear there shall be substituted the words “the Board”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (b) for the word “review” there shall be substituted the words “revision, supersession”.

(3) In paragraph (1A) for the words “the Department” there shall be substituted the words “the Board”.

Section 5 Amendments to the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 3 is amended as follows.

(2) At the beginning there shall be inserted “(1)” and in paragraph (1) so formed, for the word “Where” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to paragraph (2), where”.

(3) After paragraph (1) so formed there shall be added—

(2) Where the interim payment mentioned in paragraph (1) is a payment on account of tax credit, paragraph (1) shall apply with the modification that for the word “Department” there is substituted the word “Board”.

Section 6 Amendments to the principal Regulations

In Regulation 4 after paragraph (4) there shall be added—

(5) Where the interim payment is a payment on account of tax credit paragraphs (2) to (4) shall apply with the modification that for references to “the Department” there shall be substituted references to “the Board”.

Section 7 Amendments to the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 5 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1) after the words “Subject to” there shall be added the words “paragraphs (1A) and (2A) and”.

(3) After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—

(1A) In paragraph (1) the reference to “any sum paid” shall, in relation to tax credit, include a reference to any amount or calculation of tax credit payable in respect of a period prior to the date of the subsequent determination, which is included in a start notification given by the Board to an employer, and for the payment of which the employer remains responsible.

(4) In paragraph (2)—

(a) for the word “ reversed ” in the heading to Case 1 there shall be substituted the word “ superseded ”;

(b) for the words “on a review” (in Case 1) there shall be substituted the words “or superseded”;

(c) for the words “determined, on review or appeal” (in Case 2) there shall be substituted the words “decided, on a revision, supersession or appeal”.

(5) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted—

(2A) In paragraph (2), Case 2 shall not apply where either—

(a) the sum paid under the original award, or

(b) the subsequent decision on the revision, supersession or appeal,

referred to in that Case (but not both) is or relates to tax credit.

Section 8 Amendments to the principal Regulations

In regulation 8(1) sub-paragraphs (c) and (cc) shall be omitted.

Section 9 Amendments to the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 11 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1) for the word “Where” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to paragraph (4), where”.

(3) After paragraph (3) there shall be added—

(4) Where the payment mentioned in paragraph (1) is a payment of tax credit, paragraphs (1) and (2) shall apply with the modifications that—

(a) in paragraph (1) for the word “Department's” there is substituted the word “Board's”, and

(b) in paragraph (2) for the word “Department” there is substituted the word “Board”.

Section 10 Amendments to the principal Regulations

In regulation 12—

(a) for the words “variation or revision” there shall be substituted the words “variation, revision or supersession”;

(b) for the words “reviewing and revising” there shall be substituted the words “revising or superseding”.

Section 11 Amendments to the principal Regulations

(1) Regulation 13 is amended as follows.

(2) At the beginning there shall be inserted “(1)” and in paragraph (1) so formed, for the word “In” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to paragraph (2), in”.

(3) After paragraph (1) so formed there shall be added—

(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply to tax credit only where both—

(a) the overpayment of benefit referred to in that paragraph, and

(b) the amount referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of that paragraph,

are tax credit, and with the modification that sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph is omitted.

Section 12 Amendments to the principal Regulations

In regulation 14 for the words “family credit or disability working allowance” wherever they occur there shall be substituted the words “working families' tax credit or disabled person’s tax credit”.

Section 13 Amendments to the principal Regulations

In regulation 15(2) sub-paragraphs (c) and (e) shall be omitted.

Section 14 Amendments to the principal Regulations

In regulation 17 the words “family credit or disability working allowance” wherever they occur shall be omitted.