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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-15",
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  "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": "schedule/4/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Enhanced disability premium",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the condition is that—\n(a) the Department has decided that the claimant has, or is to be treated as having, limited capability for work-related activity; ...\n(aa) armed forces independence payment is payable in respect of—\n(i) the claimant, or\n(ii) a member of the claimant’s family,\nwho has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit; or\n(b) the care component of disability living allowance is, or would, but for a suspension of benefit in accordance with regulations made under section 113(2) of the Act or but for an abatement as a consequence of hospitalisation be payable at the highest rate prescribed under section 72(3) of the Act in respect of—\n(i) the claimant, or\n(ii) a member of the claimant’s family,\nwho has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit; or\n(ba) the care component of child disability payment is payable at the highest rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the DACYP Regulations in respect of—\n(i) the claimant; or\n(ii) a member of the claimant’s family; or\n(bb) the highest rate of the care component of Scottish adult disability living allowance is payable, or has ceased to be payable by virtue of regulation 23 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Scottish adult disability living allowance) of the Disability Assistance (Scottish Adult Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 2025 in respect of—\n(i) the claimant, or\n(ii) a member of the claimant's family,\nwho has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit, or\n(c) the enhanced rate of the daily living component of personal independence payment is payable, or has ceased to be payable by virtue of regulations made under Article 91(1) of the 2015 Order (hospital in-patients), in respect of—\n(i) the claimant, or\n(ii) a member of the claimant’s family,\nwho has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit. ; or\n(d) the enhanced rate of the daily living component of adult disability payment is payable, or has ceased to be payable by virtue of regulation 28 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Adult Disability Payment) of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 in respect of—\n(i) the claimant; or\n(ii) a member of the claimant’s family,\nwho has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit\n(1A) Where the condition in sub-paragraph (1) ceases to be satisfied because of the death of a child or young person, the condition is that the claimant or the claimant’s partner is entitled to child benefit in respect of that person under section 141A of the Act (entitlement after death of child or qualifying young person).\n(2) The condition is not satisfied if the person to whom sub-paragraph (1) refers is —\n(a) a claimant who—\n(i) is not a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage, and\n(ii) is a patient within the meaning of regulation 25(11)(e) and has been for a period of more than 52 weeks; or\n(b) a member of a couple or a polygamous marriage where each member is a patient within the meaning of regulation 25(11)(e) and has been for a period of more than 52 weeks.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 15(1) 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(17)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 4 para. 15 omitted (24.12.2013) by virtue of The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme (Consequential Provisions: Subordinate Legislation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3021), arts. 1, 26(6)(d)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 15(1)(aa) inserted (24.12.2013) by The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme (Consequential Provisions: Subordinate Legislation) (Northern Ireland) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3021), arts. 1, 26(6)(d)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 15(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Equalisation of State Pension Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/103), regs. 1(1), 8(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 15(1)(c) and word added (20.6.2016) by The Personal Independence Payment (Supplementary Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/228), regs. 1, 30(7)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 15(1)(ba) inserted (26.7.2021) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance for Children and Young People) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/786), art. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 15(1)(bb) inserted (21.3.2025) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/227), arts. 1(1), 27(6)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 15(1)(d) and word inserted (21.3.2022) by The Social Security (Disability Assistance for Working Age People) (Consequential Amendments) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/177), arts. 1(2), 24(7)(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 15(1A) inserted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in operation) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/135), regs. 1(2), 12(2)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 15(1A) inserted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/357), regs. 1(1), 19(7)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 15(2) substituted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in operation) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/135), regs. 1(2), 12(2)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 15 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "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."
}