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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-8",
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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/5/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In a case where paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 do not apply to the claimant, £20 of earnings derived from one or more employments as—\n(a) a part-time fire and rescue officer employed by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board established under Article 3 of the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006;\n(b) an auxiliary coastguard in respect of coast rescue activities;\n(c) a person engaged part-time in the manning or launching of a lifeboat;\n(d) a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part I of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001;\n(e) a person in the army whose service is restricted to part-time service in Northern Ireland pursuant to section 1 of the Army Act 1992, regulations made under section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 1966, or the terms of his commission;\n(f) a part-time member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve appointed under section 37 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 or a part-time police reserve trainee appointed under section 40 of that Act,\nbut, notwithstanding regulation 22, if this paragraph applies to a claimant it shall not apply to his partner except to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (2).\n(2) If the claimant’s partner is engaged in employment—\n(a) specified in sub-paragraph (1), so much of his earnings as would not in aggregate with the amount of the claimant’s earnings disregarded under this paragraph exceed £20;\n(b) other than one specified in sub-paragraph (1), so much of his earnings from that employment up to £10 as would not in aggregate with the claimant’s earnings disregarded under this paragraph exceed £20.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 8 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/1254 (N.I. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/1004"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 39"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1966 c. 45; section 2 was amended by section 2 of the Army Act 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2000 c. 32"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/schedule/5/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}