{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations apply to a person who—\n(a) has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit; or\n(b) has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit if he, or if he has a partner, his partner, is a person on universal credit, on income support , on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or on an income-related employment and support allowance.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Except as provided in paragraph (1), these Regulations shall not apply in relation to any person if he, or if he has a partner, his partner, has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(1)(b) inserted (8.5.2018) by The Universal Credit (Persons Required to Provide Information, Miscellaneous Amendments and Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/92), regs. 1(2), 4(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(1)(b) substituted (27.10.2008) by The Housing Benefit (Employment and Support Allowance Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/378), regs. 1, 3(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 5(2) omitted (6.10.2008) by virtue of The Housing Benefit (Extended Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/285), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(3) substituted (6.10.2008) by The Housing Benefit (Extended Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/285), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regs. 3-6 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2007) by The Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/204), regs. 1(1), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 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/5",
    "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."
}