Article 133 Reduced fee for dog licences

for paragraph (3)(b) substitute—

“(b)

a licence issued to a person who at the time of the application for the licence is—

(i)

in receipt of an income-related benefit, or

(ii)

a member of a couple in receipt of an income-related benefit;”.

after paragraph (9), insert—

“(10)

In this Article “income-related benefit” means—

(a)

universal credit under the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;

(b)

state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;

(c)

income support under section 123 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

(d)

housing benefit under section 129 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

(e)

income-based jobseekers allowance under the Jobseeker’s (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

(f)

income-related employment and support allowance under the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;

(g)

working tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002.”