The Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/1325
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and effect

These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000, shall come into force on 6th June 2000 and shall have effect in relation to award periods of working families' tax credit or disabled person’s tax credit commencing on or after that date.

Section 2 Amendment to the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987

In Schedule 4 to the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 for paragraph 2 in column (1), and for the figures specified in column (2) against that paragraph, there shall be substituted the following paragraph and figure—

(2) Person in respect of the period beginning on, and including, that person’s date of birth and ending on the day preceding the first Tuesday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday.

Section 3 Amendments to the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992

In Schedule 5 to the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 —

(a) for the heading “ Amount of allowance ” in column (2) there shall be substituted the heading “ Amount of credit ”;

(b) for paragraph 3 in column (1), and for the figures specified in column (2) against that paragraph, there shall be substituted the following paragraph and figure—

(3) Person in respect of the period beginning on, and including, that person’s date of birth and ending on the day preceding the first Tuesday in September following that person’s sixteenth birthday.