# The Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 5: Amendment of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations


In regulation 3 of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 after paragraph (j) add the following paragraph—
“(k) a reduction under regulation 73D of the Housing Benefit Regulations of the amount of housing benefit to which a person is entitled if that reduction—
(i) relates to the housing benefit of a person who is entitled to a welfare supplementary payment under Part 2 of the Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016; and
(ii) is no more than the amount specified in regulation 4(4) of those Regulations.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2016/9780338004437/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-supplementary-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-5
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