Paragraph 1 Amendment of the Income Support (General) RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987^f1 shall be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (6).

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a)

in the definition of “housing benefit expenditure”^f2 for “regulations 9(1) and 10(1) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “regulations 12(1) and 13(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations”; and

(b)

after the definition of “housing benefit expenditure” insert—

““the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006;”.

(3)

In regulation 51A(3)(b)^f3 (diminishing notional capital rule) for “the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “the Housing Benefit Regulations”.

(4)

In Schedule 3^f4 (housing costs)—

(a)

in paragraph 17(2)—

(i)

in head (a) for “paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations”, and

(ii)

in head (b) for “paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations”; and

(b)

in paragraph 18(7)(e) for “regulation 63 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “regulation 72 of the Housing Benefit Regulations”.

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(6)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 para. 1(5)(6) revoked (5.1.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 7) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/498), reg. 1(1), Sch.

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 1 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1987 No. 459; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1990 No. 346, S.R. 1995 No. 301, S.R. 1996 No. 449, S.R. 1997 No. 22 and S.R. 2005 No. 98
f2: The definition of “housing benefit expenditure” was substituted by regulation 4(1) of S.R. 1997 No. 22
f3: Regulation 51A was inserted by regulation 4 of S.R. 1990 No. 346
f4: Schedule 3 was substituted by regulation 2 of S.R. 1995 No. 301