# The Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 3: Insertion of regulation 7B into the principal Regulations


After regulation 7A of the principal Regulations (persons from abroad) there shall be inserted the following regulation—
“Entitlement of a refugee to housing benefit
7B Where a person, who has made a claim for asylum, is notified that he has been recorded by the Secretary of State as a refugee, these Regulations shall have effect with respect to his entitlement to housing benefit for the relevant period which applies in his case in accordance with Schedule A1 (treatment of claims for housing benefit by refugees), but that entitlement is—
(a) subject to the provisions of Schedule A1, and
(b) with respect to regulations 10 (rent) and 11 (maximum rent), subject to regulation 16(5A) of the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (savings provision).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/448/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-5-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-3
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