Tax Credits Act 2002 Schedule 3 paragraph 54

Amendment to Health and Social Services Board charges exemption

Paragraph 54 of Schedule 3 updates a provision in the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 so that the exemption from charges for Health and Social Services Board services refers to the new tax credits rather than the old ones.

• Article 24(3) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 exempts certain benefit recipients from paying charges for services provided by a Health and Social Services Board.
• The old references to working families' tax credit and disabled person's tax credit are removed.
• The replacement references are to any element of child tax credit other than the family element, and to working tax credit.
• This ensures that recipients of the new tax credits continue to benefit from the same exemption from Health and Social Services Board charges.

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