The Social Security (Guardian’s Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Guardian’s Allowances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975 in relation to the circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being in prison for the purposes of section 77(2)(c) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act (Northern Ireland) 1992 by—reducing the minimum length of custodial sentence from five to two years; andincluding persons who are ordered by a court to be detained in a hospital under the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 or the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 following conviction or following a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity or a finding that the accused was under a disability.