Paragraph 10 Amendment of the Social Security (Loss of Benefit) RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002^f1 shall be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) for the definition of “the Housing Benefit Regulations” substitute—

““the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006;
“the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006;”.

(3)

In regulation 17 (circumstances where a reduced amount of housing benefit is payable)—

(a)

in paragraph (1) for “Schedule 2 to the Housing Benefit Regulations” substitute “Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations”; and

(b)

in paragraph (4) at the end add “or, as the case may be, of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations.”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 10 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2002 No. 79, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations