{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-21.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/405",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Polygamous marriages",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulations 78 and 79 and Schedule A1, where a claimant is a member of a polygamous marriage, his weekly applicable amount shall be the aggregate of such of the following amounts as may apply in his case—\n(a) the highest amount applicable to him and one of his partners determined in accordance with paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 4 as if he and that partner were a couple;\n(b) an amount equal to the difference between the amounts specified in sub-paragraphs (3)(b) and (1)(b) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 in respect of each of his other partners;\n(c) an amount determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 in respect of children or young persons for whom he or a partner of his is responsible and who are members of the same household;\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) the amount of any premiums which may be applicable to him determined in accordance with Parts III and IV of Schedule 4.\n(f) the amount of the support component which may be applicable to him in accordance with Part V of Schedule 4 (the component);\n(g) the amount of any transitional addition which may be applicable to him in accordance with Parts VII and VIII of Schedule 4.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 21 renumbered as reg. 21(1) (11.5.2017) by The Social Security (Restrictions on Amounts for Children and Qualifying Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/79), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(a) (with reg. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 21(1)(c) substituted (11.5.2017) by The Social Security (Restrictions on Amounts for Children and Qualifying Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/79), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(a) (with reg. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 21(1)(c) substituted (6.4.2026) by The Social Security (Removal of Two Child Limit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/68), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 21(d) omitted (5.9.2016) by virtue of The Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium and date of claim) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/310), regs. 1(1), 3(1)(b) (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 21(f) substituted (3.4.2017) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/51), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 6(4) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 21(g) added (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions and Housing Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/312), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 1(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 21(2)-(5) omitted (6.4.2026) by virtue of The Social Security (Removal of Two Child Limit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/68), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 21 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/regulation/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:38:14.194536+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."
}