Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024
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Amendment of Schedule 3 to Principal Act | ||
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8. (1) Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) in Part 1, by the insertion of the following definition: | ||
“ ‘maintenance payment made to or in respect of a qualified child’ means any maintenance payment made to or in respect of a qualified child that may be prescribed;”, | ||
(b) in Part 2, in Rule 1(2)(b) (amended by section 14 of the Act of 2022), by the substitution of the following clause for clause (ii): | ||
“(ii) in relation to maintenance— | ||
(I) any maintenance payment made to or in respect of a qualified child, and | ||
(II) any moneys received by way of maintenance payments, other than those referred to in subclause (I), in so far as those payments do not exceed the annual housing costs actually incurred by the person subject to the maximum amount that may be prescribed, together with one-half of any amount of maintenance payment in excess of the amount disregarded in respect of housing costs actually incurred (if any),”, | ||
(c) in Part 3, in Rule 1(2)(b) (amended by section 14 of the Act of 2022), by the substitution of the following clause for clause (i): | ||
“(i) in relation to maintenance— | ||
(I) any maintenance payment made to or in respect of a qualified child, and | ||
(II) any moneys received by way of maintenance payments, other than those referred to in subclause (I), in so far as those payments do not exceed the annual housing costs actually incurred by the person subject to the maximum amount that may be prescribed, together with one-half of any amount of maintenance payment in excess of the amount disregarded in respect of housing costs actually incurred (if any),”, | ||
(d) in Part 4, in Rule 1(2)(b) (amended by section 14 of, and the Schedule to, the Act of 2015)— | ||
(i) in clause (iva), by the deletion of “and”, | ||
(ii) in clause (v), in subclause (V), by the substitution of “Part 7A, and” for “Part 7A;”, and | ||
(iii) by the insertion of the following clause after clause (v): | ||
“(vi) any maintenance payment made to or in respect of a qualified child;”, | ||
(e) in Part 4, in A(iii) of the formula in Rule 2(1), by the substitution of “(I) any maintenance payments, other than a maintenance payment made to or in respect of a qualified child, made by a liable relative, and”, for “(I) any maintenance payments made by a liable relative, and”, and | ||
(f) in Part 5, in Rule 1(2)(b) (amended by section 20 of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act 2018 ), by the substitution of the following clause for clause (ii): | ||
“(ii) in relation to maintenance in the case of blind pension, widow’s (non-contributory) pension, widower’s (non contributory) pension, surviving civil partner’s (non-contributory) pension, guardian’s payment (non contributory), one-parent family payment or carer’s allowance— | ||
(I) any maintenance payment made to or in respect of a qualified child, and | ||
(II) any moneys received by way of maintenance payments, other than those referred to in subclause (I), in so far as those payments do not exceed the annual housing costs actually incurred by the person subject to the maximum amount that may be prescribed, together with one-half of any amount of maintenance payment in excess of the amount disregarded in respect of housing costs actually incurred (if any),”. | ||
(2) In this section, “Act of 2022” means the Social Welfare Act 2022 . |