The Department for Communities has made a Statutory Rule entitled “The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025” (S.R. 2025 No. 24).

This Rule amends various social security Regulations to ensure payments pursuant to the Ministry of Defence’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Financial Recognition Scheme (“the Scheme”) are to be disregarded indefinitely as capital and income for the purposes of calculating entitlement to income-related social security benefit.

Copies of the Rule may be purchased from the Stationery Office at www.tsoshop.co.uk or by contacting TSO Customer Services on 0333 202 5070 or viewed online at www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr.