# The Income-related Benefits (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (8).
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
(a) after the definition of “invalid carriage or other vehicle” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund” means the company limited by guarantee (number 5505072) and registered charity of that name established on 11th July 2005 for the purpose of (amongst other things) relieving sickness, disability or financial need of victims (including families or dependants of victims) of the terrorist attacks carried out in London on 7th July 2005;”; and
(b) in the definition of “qualifying person” for “or the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund or the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”.
(3) In regulation 43(3A)(a) (notional capital) for “or the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund or the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”.
(4) In regulation 73(3)(a)(ii) (evidence and information) for “or the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund or the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”.
(5) In Schedule 4 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) in paragraph 37(7) for “and the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund and the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”.
(6) In Schedule 5 (capital to be disregarded)—
(a) in paragraph 23—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1) for “or the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund or the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”, and
(ii) in sub-paragraph (7) for “and the Skipton Fund” there shall be substituted “, the Skipton Fund and the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”; and
(b) paragraph 23A shall be omitted.
(7) In Schedule 5ZA (capital to be disregarded)—
(a) in paragraph 16(1)(a) after “Skipton Fund” there shall be inserted “, the London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”; and
(b) paragraph 16A shall be omitted.
(8) The amendments made by paragraph (7) are to the Regulations as modified in their application to persons to whom regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/550/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-3
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