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2002 No. 284
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Fund (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

	Made	13th September 2002
	Coming into operation	1st October 2002

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 134(1)(a) and 171(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992[1] and sections 10(1) and (2)(a) and (b), 165(4) and (6) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992[2] and now vested in it[3], and of 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 Social Fund (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2002.

    (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[4] shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendment of the Social Fund (Applications) Regulations
     2. - (1) The Social Fund (Applications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988[5] shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

    (2) At the beginning of regulation 2(1) (form and manner in which application is to be made), there shall be inserted "Except in the case of an application referred to in regulation 2A,".

    (3) After regulation 2, there shall be inserted the following regulation -

Form and manner in which an application for a crisis loan is to be made

2A.

- (1) An application for a crisis loan under section 134(1)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 need not be made in writing unless the Department directs in any particular case that the application shall be made in writing.

(2) Where an application for a crisis loan is to be made in writing -

    (3) Where it appears to the Department that an application which was made on a form is incomplete in that the form has not been completed in accordance with the instructions on that form, the Department may return the form to the person making the application for proper completion by him.

    (4) Where insufficient particulars have been provided with the application for a crisis loan (whether made in writing or otherwise) to enable any material question to be determined, the Department may request the person making the application to provide such further particulars as may reasonably be required to complete the application.

    (5) Where an application for a crisis loan has not been made in writing and it is subsequently determined that a loan may be awarded in connection with that application, the person making the application shall -

before the loan is paid to him.".

(4) In regulation 3[6] (time at which an application is to be treated as made) -

Amendment of the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) Regulations
3. In regulation 6(1)(a) of the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987[7] (entitlement), for "at the date of the claim" there shall be substituted "in respect of the date of the claim".

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on

13th September 2002.

L.S.

John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the Department for Social Development

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Social Fund (Applications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 by allowing applications for crisis loans to be made otherwise than in writing and making consequential amendments relating to when such applications are to be treated as made (regulation 2).

They also amend the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 so that persons may only be entitled to a funeral payment under those Regulations where they are entitled to a qualifying benefit in respect of the date of claim for a funeral payment (regulation 3).

These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.

These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.

Notes:

[1] 1992 c. 7; section 134(1) was substituted by Article 66(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10))back

[2] 1992 c. 8; word in section 165(6) was repealed by Schedule 7 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 back

[3] See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 back

[4] 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)back

[5] S.R. 1988 No. 130 back

[6] Regulation 3 was added by regulation 4 of S.R. 1990 No. 327 back

[7] S.R. 1987 No. 150; regulation 6 was substituted by regulation 2(5) of S.R. 1997 No. 155 and regulation 6(1)(a) was amended by regulation 2 of S.R. 1999 No. 385 back

ISBN 0 33794352 4

Prepared 23 September 2002

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