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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/schedule-5/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/schedule-5/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1987/459",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The increase referred to in paragraph 7 shall apply in the case of—\n(a) a claimant who has attained a pensionable age or, if one of a couple or polygamous marriage either member of that couple or any member of that marriage is aged 65 or over;\n(b) a claimant or any other member of the family who is infirm by reason of physical or mental disability;\n(c) a claimant in respect of whom one or more of the following conditions are satisfied—\n(i) he or his partner is a person suffering from a mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 in respect of whom the Department has, under Article 7 of the 1972 Order (prevention of illness, care and after care), made arrangements for the provision of residential accommodation in a private household or in premises which are not required to be registered in accordance with Schedule 5 to the 1972 Order,\n(ii) he or his partner is a person who is resident in premises which are used for the rehabilitation of alcoholics or drug addicts and is so resident for the purposes of such rehabilitation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "sums confirmed",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/155",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1987/459/schedule/5/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:18:43.914608+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."
}