Regulation 12 Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations

in paragraph (3) after “prescribed under paragraph (1)” insert “, or retirement pension income to which section 16(1)(za) to (e) of the State Pension Credit Act applies,”; and

in paragraph (4) after sub-paragraph (d)^f2 add—

“(e)

section 14 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (pension sharing: reduction in the sharer’s section 4 pension);

(f)

section 45B (reduction of additional pension in Category A retirement pension: pension sharing) or section 55B (reduction of shared additional pension: pension sharing) of the Act.”.

in head (i) for “maximum amount of income which may be withdrawn from the scheme” substitute “rate of the annuity which may have been purchased with the funds held under the scheme”; and

in head (ii) for “maximum amount of income which might be withdrawn from the fund” substitute “rate of the annuity which might have been purchased with the fund”.