{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-housing-costs-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-housing-costs-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/44",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Housing Costs Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-housing-costs-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2), subject to regulation 6 (saving provision).\n(2) In Schedule 6 (housing costs)—\n(a) in paragraph 1(2) (housing costs) omit the definition of “existing housing costs” and “new housing costs”;\n(b) omit paragraph 8 (existing housing costs);\n(c) in paragraph 9 (new housing costs)—\n(i) for the heading substitute “Housing costs”,\n(ii) in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) omit “new”, and\n(iii) omit sub-paragraphs (4) to (7);\n(d) in paragraph 10 (general exclusions from paragraphs 8 and 9)—\n(i) in the heading for “paragraphs 8 and 9” substitute “paragraph 9”, and\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (1) for “Paragraphs 8 and 9” substitute “Paragraph 9”;\n(e) in paragraph 11 (the calculation for loans) for “existing housing costs or, as the case may be, new housing costs” substitute “housing costs”;\n(f) in paragraph 12 (general provisions applying to new and existing housing costs)—\n(i) in the heading omit “new and existing”, and\n(ii) omit sub-paragraphs (1) and (2);\n(g) in paragraph 14(9) (excessive housing costs) for “paragraphs 8 and 9” substitute “paragraph 9”;\n(h) in paragraph 15 (linking rules)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (6)(a) omit “8(1) or”,\n(ii) omit sub-paragraph (14)(a), and\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (18) omit “8(1)(a) or (b) or”;\n(i) in paragraph 20 (continuity with income support, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or state pension credit) omit sub-paragraph (1)(a).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2008 No. 280; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2008 No. 503"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 6 was modified in relation to certain cases by regulation 11 of S.R. 2008 No. 503; S.R. 2008 No. 503 is revoked by regulation 5(1) of these Regulations subject to regulation 5(2) and regulation 6 (savings)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/44/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:58:33.749786+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."
}