The Income-Related Benefits and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997
These Regulations further amend the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Family Credit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 to provide for the partial disregard of contributions made by an authority to a child’s maintenance under Article 15 of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to, the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and, for income support and jobseeker’s allowance, provide for the treatment of arrears of such contributions as capital.