Article 27 Amendment of 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^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 27 (meaning of “income”) (as amended by article 21(2) of this Order), after paragraph (1)(h)(xve) insert—

“(xvf)
any assistance given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Young Carer Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2019;”.

(3)

In Part 1 of Schedule 7 (capital to be disregarded generally)—

(a)

in paragraph 21(2) (as amended by article 21(3) of this Order), after paragraph (r) insert—

“(s)
any assistance given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Young Carer Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2019.”,

(b)

after paragraph 28E insert—

“28F.

Any sum paid by means of assistance in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Young Carer Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2019.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2006 No. 406; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/1060 and S.R. 2019 No. 195.