Article 34 Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006^f1 are amended as follows.

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

“(xvg)

short-term assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 36 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;”.

In Part 1 of Schedule 7 (capital to be disregarded generally), in paragraph 21(2) (as amended by articles 21(3) and 27(3)(a) of this Order), after paragraph (s) insert—

“(t)

short-term assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 36 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018;”.