Regulation 2 EligibilityI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

A person is entitled to a payment known as a “welfare supplementary payment” if the person qualifies under Article 137A(3) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (case where person is affected by social sector size criteria in calculation of housing benefit).

F1(2)

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(3)

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(4)

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F2(4A)

At times after the revocation of paragraph (2), paragraph (1) has effect in relation to a person even if there is a time before the revocation when paragraph (2) had effect to end an entitlement under paragraph (1) in the person’s case.

(5)

Payments of welfare supplementary payment are to be made without the need for a claim to be made.

(6)

In the Discretionary Support Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016^f1—

(a)

in Schedule 3 (sums to disregard in calculating annual income threshold), at the end insert—

“40.
Any payment arising as a result of the Housing Benefit (Welfare Supplementary Payment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017.”, and

(b)

in Schedule 4 (capital to be disregarded) , at the end insert—

“17.
Any payment arising as a result of the Housing Benefit (Welfare Supplementary Payment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017.”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 2(2)-(4) omitted (10.2.2022) by virtue of The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/32), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(a) (with reg. 1(3))
F2: Reg. 2(4A) inserted (10.2.2022) by The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/32), regs. 1(2), 4(2)(b) (with reg. 1(3))

Commencement

I1: Reg. 2 in operation at 20.2.2017, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2016 No. 270.