Paragraph 4 Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f1 shall be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (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 114(3)(b) (diminishing notional capital rule) for “the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “the Housing Benefit Regulations”.

(4)

In Schedule 2 (housing costs)—

(a)

in paragraph 16(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 “the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “the Housing Benefit Regulations”; and

(b)

in paragraph 17(7)(e) for “regulation 63 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “regulation 72 of the Housing Benefit Regulations”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 4 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1997 No. 22
f2: The definition of “housing benefit expenditure” was substituted by regulation 4(2) of S.R. 1997 No. 22