# The Housing Benefit (Welfare Supplementary Payment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Regulation 4: Period of payment


(1) Payments of welfare supplementary payment must be made at intervals of four weeks (or as soon as is reasonably practicable after that) in arrears.
(2) A person’s entitlement to a welfare supplementary payment begins on the date on which there is a determination under regulation B14(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations in that person’s case.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2017/9780338006967/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-housing-benefit-welfare-supplementary-payment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-4
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