The Social Security (Age-Related Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013
These Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Jobseekers Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008. The amendments provide for ex-gratia payments made by Treasury to eligible Equitable Life annuitants to be disregarded for the purposes of calculating a person’s capital under those regulations.