The Income Support (Work-Related Activity) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017
These Regulations provide that lone parents of children over the age of 3 but under the age of 5 who are entitled to income support may be required to undertake work-related activity as a condition of entitlement to the full amount of benefit. “Work-related activity” is defined in section 2D(9)(d) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8).