Regulation 71 Extended payments (qualifying contributory benefits)F1

Northern Ireland

(1)

A claimant who is entitled to housing benefit (by virtue of the general conditions of entitlement) shall be entitled to an extended payment (qualifying contributory benefits) where—

(a)

the claimant or the claimant’s partner was entitled to a qualifying contributory benefit;

(b)

entitlement to a qualifying contributory benefit ceased because the claimant or the claimant’s partner—

(i)

commenced employment as an employed or self-employed earner;

(ii)

increased their earnings from such employment, or

(iii)

increased the number of hours worked in such employment,

and that employment is or, as the case may be, increased earnings or increased number of hours are expected to last 5 weeks or more;

(c)

the claimant or the claimant’s partner had been entitled to and in receipt of a qualifying contributory benefit or a combination of qualifying contributory benefits for a continuous period of at least 26 weeks before the day on which the entitlement to a qualifying contributory benefit ceased; and

(d)

the claimant or the claimant’s partner was not entitled to and not in receipt of a qualifying income-related benefit in the last benefit week in which the claimant, or the claimant’s partner, was entitled to a qualifying contributory benefit.

(2)

A claimant must be treated as entitled to housing benefit by virtue of the general conditions of entitlement where—

(a)

the claimant ceased to be entitled to housing benefit because the claimant vacated the dwelling occupied as the claimant’s home;

(b)

the day on which the claimant vacated the dwelling was either in the week in which entitlement to a qualifying contributory benefit ceased, or in the preceding week; and

(c)

entitlement to the qualifying contributory benefit ceased in any of the circumstances listed in paragraph (1)(b).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Regs. 71-71C substituted for reg. 71 (6.10.2008) by The Housing Benefit (Extended Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/285), regs. 1(1), 2(5)

Notes on Part VIII

Modifications

C1: Pt. VIII applied (with modifications) (1.4.2007) by The Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/204), regs. 1(1), 22(1)