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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-6/paragraph-26",
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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/6/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Any payment made to the claimant in respect of a person who is a member of his family—\n(a) in accordance with regulations made under Article 59A of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (permitted allowances);\n(b) which is a payment made by an authority, as defined in Article 2 of the Children Order, in pursuance of Article 15 of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to, that Order (contribution by an authority to child’s maintenance);\n(c) pursuant to regulations under section 2(6)(b), 3 or 4 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 or in accordance with a scheme approved by the Scottish Ministers under section 51A of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (schemes for payments of allowances to adopters) or in accordance with an adoption allowance scheme made under section 71 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (adoption allowances schemes);\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(da) “which is a payment made by a local authority in pursuance of section 15(1) of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 to, the Children Act 1989 (local authority contribution to a child’s maintenance where the child is living with a person as a result of a residence order) or in Scotland section 50 of the Children Act 1975 (payments towards maintenance of children);\n(e) in accordance with regulations made pursuant to section 14F of the Children Act 1989 (special guardianship support services),\n....\n(2) Any payment, other than a payment to which sub-paragraph (1)(c) applies, made pursuant to regulations under section 2(6)(b), 3 or 4 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 26(1)(c) substituted (5.1.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 7) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/498), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 26(1)(c) inserted (15.7.2011) by The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1740), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 44"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 26(1)(d) omitted (5.1.2009) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 7) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/498), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 26(1)(da) inserted (2.11.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/338), regs. 1(3), 6(6)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 26(1) omitted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in operation) by virtue of The Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/136), regs. 1(2), 4(9)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 26(3) omitted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 4.4.2011 in so far as not already in operation) by virtue of The Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/136), regs. 1(2), 4(9)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 26 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22); Article 59A was inserted by paragraph 164 of Schedule 9 to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2002 c.38"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1978 c. 28"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 14F was inserted by section 115 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38)"
    }
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      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026"
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