# The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Paragraph 9


The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 are amended as follows—
(a) in regulation 2—
(i) in paragraph (1), after the definition of “order freeing a child for adoption” insert—
““owner-occupier loan payments” means loan payments under the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017;”,
(ii) after paragraph (4)(b) insert—
“(c) a person being treated as entitled to a benefit has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(2)(aa) of the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017.”;
(c) in regulation 5(2)—
(i) at the end of sub-paragraph (f) omit “or”,
(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (g) insert “or”; and
(iii) after sub-paragraph (g) add—
“(h) owner-occupier loan payments and is treated as entitled to a benefit specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) and (f).”;
(d) in regulation 7(4)(a)—
(i) at the end of head (vii) omit “or”,
(ii) at the end of head (viii) insert “or”, and
(iii) after head (viii) add—
“(ix) owner-occupier loan payments and is treated as entitled to a benefit specified in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) and (vii).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/176/schedule/5/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/loans-for-mortgage-interest-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/schedule-5/paragraph-9
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