{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-persons-who-have-attained-the-qualifying-age-for-state-pension-credit-amendment-regulations-2021/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-persons-who-have-attained-the-qualifying-age-for-state-pension-credit-amendment-regulations-2021/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/188",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-persons-who-have-attained-the-qualifying-age-for-state-pension-credit-amendment-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006",
  "text": "(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.\n(2) In column (1) of the table in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 3—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) after “pensionable age” insert “before 1st April 2021”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) after “pensionable age” insert “before 1st April 2021”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (4) after “pensionable age” insert “before 1st April 2021”.\n(3) In the table in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 3—\n(a) below row (1)(b) insert—\n“\n(c) who has attained pensionable age on or after 1st April 2021.\n(c) £177.10.\n”\n(b) below row (2)(b) insert—\n“\n(c) both members who have attained pensionable age on or after 1st April 2021.\n(c) £270.30.\n”\n(c) below row (4)(b) add—\n“\n(5) If the claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage and all members of the marriage have attained pensionable age on or after 1st April 2021—\n(5)—\n(a) for the claimant and the other party to the marriage;\n(a) £270.30;\n(b) for each additional spouse who is a member of the same household as the claimant.\n(b) £93.20.\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/214. Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2020/234."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/188/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:17:02.656025+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}