{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-7/paragraph-9", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-7/paragraph-9.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": "schedule/7/paragraph/9", "kind": "paragraph", "number": "9", "heading": null, "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any arrears of, or any concessionary payment made to compensate for arrears due to the non-payment of—\n(a) any payment specified in paragraphs 7, 9, 10, 69 , 70, 72 or 73 of Schedule 6;\n(b) an income-related benefit under Part VII of the Act;\n(c) an income-based jobseeker’s allowance;\n(d) any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001;\n(e) working tax credit and child tax credit,\n(f) an income-related employment and support allowance,\n(g) universal credit.\n(h) bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015,\n(i) maternity allowance under section 35 of the Act (state maternity allowance for employed or self-employed earner),\n(j) carer support payment, but only that amount that is in excess of the amount the claimant would receive if they had an entitlement to carer’s allowance under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act,\nbut only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of the receipt of arrears or of the concessionary payment.\n(2) In a case where the total of any arrears and, if appropriate, any concessionary payment referred to in sub-paragraph (1) relating to one of the specified payments, benefits or allowances amounts to £5,000 or more (referred to in this sub-paragraph and in sub-paragraph (3) as “the relevant sum”) and is—\n(a) paid in order to rectify, or to compensate for—\n(i) an official error as defined in regulation 1(2) of the Decisions and Appeals Regulations, or\n(ii) an error on a point of law; and\n(b) received by the claimant in full on or after 14th October 2001,\nsub-paragraph (1) shall have effect in relation to such arrears or concessionary payment either for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt, or, if the relevant sum is received in its entirety during the award of housing benefit, for the remainder of that award if that is a longer period.\n(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), “the award of housing benefit” means—\n(a) the award in which the relevant sum is first received (or the first part thereof where it is paid in more than one instalment); and\n(b) where that award is followed by one or more further awards which, or each of which, begins immediately after the end of the previous award, such further award provided that for that further award the claimant—\n(i) is the person who received the relevant sum, or\n(ii) is the partner of the person who received the relevant sum, or was that person’s partner at the date of his death.", "extent": "N.I.", "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "F", "label": "F1", "text": "Words in Sch. 7 para. 9(1)(a) substituted (26.7.2021) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance, Young Carer Grants, Short-term Assistance and Winter Heating Assistance) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/886), arts. 1(2), 33(3)" }, { "type": "F", "label": "F2", "text": "Words in Sch. 7 para. 9(1)(a) substituted (15.3.2026) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Carer’s Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/246), arts. 1(2), 46(5)(a)" }, { "type": "F", "label": "F3", "text": "Sch. 7 para. 9(1)(b) substituted (14.4.2008) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/112), regs. 1(1), 6(7)(a)" }, { "type": "F", "label": "F4", "text": "Sch. 7 para. 9(1)(f) added (27.10.2008) by The Housing Benefit (Employment and Support Allowance Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/378), regs. 1, 3(20)(b)" }, { "type": "F", "label": "F5", "text": "Sch. 7 para. 9(1)(g) inserted (coming into operation in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending Rule) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/236), regs. 1(1), 34(13)" }, { "type": "F", "label": "F6", "text": "Sch. 7 para. 9(1)(h) inserted (6.4.2017) by The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/66), arts. 1(2)(c), 21(3)(a) (with arts. 2, 3)" }, { "type": "F", "label": "F7", "text": "Sch. 7 para. 9(1)(i) added (31.10.2019) by The Social Security (Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/195), regs. 1(1), 5(2)" }, { "type": "F", "label": "F8", "text": "Sch. 7 para. 9(1)(j) inserted (15.3.2026) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Carer’s Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/246), arts. 1(2), 46(5)(b)" }, { "type": "F", "label": "F9", "text": "Sch. 7 para. 9(2)(a) substituted (11.9.2018) by The Social Security (Treatment of Arrears of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/150), regs. 1(1), 5" }, { "type": "I", "label": "I1", "text": "Sch. 7 para. 9 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)" } ], "outstanding_effects": [ { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "nia/2026/9", "affecting_title": "Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Act (Northern Ireland) 2026" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "nia/2026/9", "affecting_title": "Inquiry (Mother and Baby Institutions, Magdalene Laundries and Workhouses) and Redress Scheme Act (Northern Ireland) 2026" }, { 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Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives." }