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Paragraph 8

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Any arrears of, or any concessionary payment made to compensate for arrears due to non-payment of—

(a)

any payment specified in paragraph 4, 6 or 7 of Schedule 3; or

(b)

an income-related benefit or family income supplement under the Family Income Supplements Act (Northern Ireland) 1971f1, supplementary benefit under the Supplementary Benefits (Northern Ireland) Order 1977f2 or housing benefit under the Housing Benefits (Northern Ireland) Order 1983f3,

but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of the receipt of the arrears or of the concessionary payment.

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Footnotes

f1

1971 c. 8 (N.I.); repealed with effect from 11th April 1988 by Schedule 10 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1888 (N.I. 18))

f2

S.I. 1977/2156 (N.I. 27); repealed in part with effect from 11th April 1988 by Schedule 10 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986

f3

S.I. 1983/1121 (N.I. 14); repealed with effect from 11th April 1988 by Schedule 10 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986