Paragraph 12 Amendment of the Housing Renewal Grants (Reduction of Grant) RegulationsI1

after the definition of “housing benefit” 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;”;

after the definition of “pension fund holder” insert—

• ““pensionable age” has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995^f2 (equalisation of pensionable ages for men and women);”; and

after the definition of “Preparation for Employment Programme” insert—

• ““the qualifying age for state pension credit” is (in accordance with section 1(2)(b) and (6) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002^f3)—

  1. (a)

     in the case of a woman, pensionable age; or

  2. (b)

     in the case of a man, the age which is pensionable age in the case of a woman born on the same day as the man;”.

in paragraph (9)(b) omit “to which regulation 9 or 10 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 refers”; and

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in paragraph (3)(b) omit “to which regulation 9 or 10 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 refers”; and

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in paragraph 12—

in paragraph 60—

in paragraph 44 for “regulation 7B of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “regulation 10A of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations”; and

in paragraph 51—