# The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020, Regulation 5: Housing Benefit – modification of the rule on whether a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as their home


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—
(a) regulation 7(14) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 ; and
(b) regulation 7(14) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/63/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-5
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