{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2020/63",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Housing Benefit – modification of the rule on whether a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as their home",
  "text": "For the purposes of entitlement to housing benefit, where the Department is satisfied that it is expedient as a result of coronavirus disease and in such cases as the Department determines, the following provisions are to be read as if the words in sub-paragraph (b) were omitted—\n(a) regulation 7(14) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 ; and\n(b) regulation 7(14) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5 inserted (12.5.2021) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/105), regs. 1(1), 4(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.R. 2006 No. 405. There are no relevant amending Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.R. 2006 No. 406. There are no relevant amending Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/63/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:44:16.489864+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."
}