The Social Security (Claims and Payments and Adjudication) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 to—remove the special rules on time limits for claiming incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance for claimants in hospital (regulation 2(2) and (7));increase from £2 to £5 the maximum weekly amount of benefit which may be paid at intervals of up to 12 months (regulation 2(3));alter the period of time within which payment of benefit may be suspended in a case where an appeal to a Social Security Commissioner may be made (regulation 2(4));amend the provisions for withholding of benefit, which are consequential on changes to the entitlement for income support (regulation 2(5));amend the time limit for claiming social fund payments in respect of funeral expenses (regulation 2(6)); andmake provision for deductions in respect of arrears of child support maintenance from a beneficiary’s contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance (regulation 2(8)).