Tax Credits Act 2002 Schedule 3 paragraph 55

Amendment to Article 39(4) – contributions towards maintenance by Health and Social Services Boards

Paragraph 55 of Schedule 3 updates Article 39(4) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, which exempts certain benefit recipients from contributing towards maintenance costs charged by Health and Social Services Boards, by replacing references to the old tax credits with references to the new tax credits.

• Article 39(4) provides that certain benefit recipients are not required to contribute towards maintenance costs charged by Health and Social Services Boards in Northern Ireland.
• The old references to "working families' tax credit" and "disabled person's tax credit" are removed from the provision.
• They are replaced with references to "any element of child tax credit other than the family element" and "working tax credit".
• This ensures the exemption from maintenance contributions continues to apply under the new tax credits system introduced by the Tax Credits Act 2002.

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