Paragraph 11 Amendment of the State Pension Credit RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003^f1 shall be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (6).

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “a guaranteed income payment”^f2 insert—

““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 22(3)(b) (diminishing notional capital rule) for “the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations”.

(4)

In Schedule 2 (housing costs)—

(a)

in paragraph 5(1A)^f3 for “regulation 10(1) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “regulation 13(1) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations”;

(b)

in paragraph 13(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 (State Pension Credit) Regulations”, and

(ii)

in head (b) for “the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations”; and

(c)

in paragraph 14(7)(dd)^f4 for “regulation 63 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “regulation 53 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations”.

(5)

In Schedule 4 (amounts to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) in paragraph 11(4) —

(a)

for “the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations”; and

(b)

for “regulation 63” substitute “regulation 53”.

(6)

In Schedule 5 (income from capital) in paragraph 20A(2)(c)^f5 for “paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 5 or paragraph 21A of Schedule 5ZA to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 7 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or paragraph 22 of Schedule 7 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 11 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2003 No. 28; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2003 Nos. 191 and 421 and S.R. 2006 No. 359
f2: The definition of “a guaranteed income payment” was inserted by regulation 2(2)(d) of S.R. 2005 No. 98
f3: Sub-paragraph (1A) was inserted by regulation 23(7)(a) of S.R. 2003 No. 191
f4: Head (dd) was inserted by regulation 14(5)(b) of S.R. 2006 No. 359
f5: Paragraph 20A was substituted by regulation 2(11)(f) of S.R. 2003 No. 421