The Tax Credits (New Deal Pilot Consequential Amendments) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/3133
• Sections: 10

Section 1 Citation, commencement and duration

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Tax Credits (New Deal Pilot Consequential Amendments) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 28th November 2000 immediately after the Tax Credits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2000 .

(2) These Regulations shall cease to have effect on 27th November 2001, unless revoked with effect from an earlier date.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ” means the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 ;

“the Family Credit Regulations ” means the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ;

“the New Deal Pilot Regulations ” means the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 ;

“week” means any period of 7 days.

Section 3 Scope of these Regulations

(1) Regulations 4 and 6 to 10 shall apply—

(a) in relation to a person to whom regulation 3 or 4 of the New Deal Pilot Regulations applies; and

(b) to the extent that the regulations referred to in sub-paragraph (a) relate to that person’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.

(2) Regulation 5 shall only apply in any week in which a person, to whom regulation 3 or 4 of the New Deal Pilot Regulations applies, is participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined in paragraph (1)(b).

(3) The references in paragraphs (1) and (2) to a person to whom regulation 3 or 4 of the New Deal Pilot Regulations applies shall include references to a person to whom regulation 3 or 4 of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 applied immediately before those Regulations expired.

Section 4 Definition of “training allowance”

The definition of “training allowance” in both regulation 2 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and regulation 2(1) of the Family Credit Regulations (interpretation) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this regulation applies as if at the end there were added—

nor does it include any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant to—

section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 in respect of the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (“the intensive activity period”), or

a written arrangement entered into between the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment and the person who has arranged for the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period.

Section 5 Remunerative work

Both regulation 6 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and regulation 4 of the Family Credit Regulations (remunerative work) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this regulation applies as if after paragraph (3)(c) there were inserted the following sub-paragraph—

or

(d) he is participating in the programme known as the intensive period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.

Section 6 Notional income

Both regulation 29 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and regulation 26 of the Family Credit Regulations (notional income) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this regulation applies as if—

(a) in paragraph (3A)(c) , after head (iii), there were added the following head—

or

(iv) in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a).

(b) in paragraph (4) —

(i) for the word “Where” where it first occurs, there were substituted the words “Subject to paragraph (4A), where”;

(ii) the words from “; but this paragraph” to the end were omitted;

(c) after paragraph (4) there were inserted the following paragraph—

(4A) Paragraph (4) shall not apply—

(a) to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or who is a volunteer if the Board are satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide those services free of charge; or

(b) in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in—

(i) an employment or training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(p) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996; or

(ii) the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.

Section 7 Notional capital

Both regulation 37(3A)(b) of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and regulation 34(3A)(b) of the Family Credit Regulations (notional capital) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this regulation applies as if after head (iii), there were added the following head—

or

(iv) in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a).

Section 8 Income to be disregarded

(1) Both of the Schedules specified in paragraph (2) (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this regulation applies as if at the end of each of those Schedules there were added the following paragraphs bearing the specified respective paragraph numbers—

Any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect of his participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.

Any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant to—

(a) section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 in respect of the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (“the intensive activity period”), or

(b) a written arrangement entered into between the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment and the person who has arranged for the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period.

(2) The respective paragraph numbers and Schedules specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—

(a) paragraphs 67 and 68 of Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ;

(b) paragraphs 69 and 70 of Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations .

Section 9 Capital to be disregarded

(1) Both of the Schedules specified in paragraph (2) (capital to be disregarded) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this regulation applies as if at the end of each of those Schedules there were added the following paragraphs bearing the specified respective paragraph numbers—

Any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect of his participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.

Any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant to—

(a) section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 in respect of the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (“the intensive activity period”), or

(b) a written arrangement entered into between the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment and the person who has arranged for the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period,

but only for the period of 52 weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the payment.

(2) The respective paragraph numbers and Schedules specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are—

(a) paragraphs 64 and 65 of Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations ;

(b) paragraphs 65 and 66 of Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations .

Section 10 Self-employment route of the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus

(1) Each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this regulation applies as if for the references to a person receiving, or having received, assistance under an employment programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(i)(bb) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 there were substituted references to a person receiving or, as the case may be, having received, assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000.

(2) The provisions to which paragraph (1) refers are—

(a) in the Disability Working Allowance Regulations , regulation 34(7), paragraph 58 of Schedule 3 and paragraphs 6(3) and 51 of Schedule 4;

(b) in the Family Credit Regulations , regulation 31(7), paragraph 60 of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 6(3) and 52 of Schedule 3.