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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-discretionary-housing-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/261",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Discretionary Housing Payments Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-discretionary-housing-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations further amend the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.\nIn particular, regulation 2 provides that discretionary housing payments paid pursuant to the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 shall be disregarded as income in those benefits and that arrears of such payments shall be disregarded as capital for up to 52 weeks.\nThese Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.\nThese Regulations do not impose a charge on business.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/261/note",
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  "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."
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