# The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, Article 133: Reduced fee for dog licences


(1) The Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 7 (fees for dog licences)—
(a) 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;”.
(b) 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.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111141236/article/133 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015/article-133
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