# Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000, Paragraph 13


(1) Regulations may provide for—
(a) suspending, in whole or in part, any payments of housing benefit;
(b) the subsequent making, or restoring, in prescribed circumstances of any or all of the payments so suspended.
(2) Regulations made under sub-paragraph (1) may, in particular, make provision for any case where, in relation to a claim for housing benefit—
(a) it appears to the relevant authority that an issue arises whether the conditions for entitlement to such a benefit are or were fulfilled;
(b) it appears to the relevant authority that an issue arises whether a decision as to an award of such a benefit should be revised (under paragraph 3) or superseded (under paragraph 4);
(c) an appeal is pending against a decision of an appeal tribunal, a Commissioner or a court; or
(d) it appears to the relevant authority, where an appeal is pending against the decision given by a Commissioner or a court in a different case, that if the appeal were to be determined in a particular way an issue would arise whether the award of housing benefit in the case itself ought to be revised or superseded.
(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), an appeal against a decision is pending if—
(a) an appeal against the decision has been brought but not determined;
(b) an application for leave to appeal against the decision has been made but not determined; or
(c) the time within which—
(i) an application for leave to appeal may be made; or
(ii) an appeal against the decision may be brought,
has not expired and the circumstances are such as may be prescribed.
(4) In sub-paragraph (2)(d) the reference to a different case—
(a) includes a reference to a case involving a different relevant authority; but
(b) does not include a reference to a case relating to a different benefit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2000/4/schedule/7/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-support-pensions-and-social-security-act-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-7/paragraph-13
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