# The Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 13: The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006


(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 are amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) In regulation 7 (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home), in paragraph (18), in the definition of “prescribed area”, omit “(other than the United Kingdom)”.
(3) In regulation 83 (recovery of overpayments from prescribed benefits), in paragraph (1)(c), omit “other than the United Kingdom”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111174074/schedule/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-amendment-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2018/schedule/paragraph-13
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