# The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012, Regulation 6: Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations


In regulation 10(4) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (persons from abroad)—
(a) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
“(bb) regulation 15A(1) of those Regulations, but only in a case where the right exists under that regulation because the claimant satisfies the criteria in regulation 15A(4A) of those Regulations;”;
(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) omit “or”;
(c) at the end of sub-paragraph (d) add “; or” and the following sub-paragraph—
“(e) Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (in a case where the right to reside arises because a British citizen would otherwise be deprived of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of their rights as a European Union citizen).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/380/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-habitual-residence-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-6
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