# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 5) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, Regulation 6: Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (7).
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) omit the definitions of—
(a) “community charge benefit”;
(b) “the Independent Living Fund”;
(c) “the Independent Living Funds”;
(d) “the Independent Living (Extension) Fund”; and
(e) “the Independent Living (1993) Fund”.
(3) In—
(a) regulation 39(7)(a) (notional income);
(b) regulation 43(6) (income treated as capital);
(c) regulation 46(4)(a) (notional capital);
(d) regulation 72(9)(b) (non-dependant deductions);
(e) regulation 82(4)(b) and (c) (evidence and information);
(f) paragraph 37(1) of Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings); and
(g) paragraph 25(1) of Schedule 7 (capital to be disregarded),
for “Funds” substitute “Fund (2006)”.
(4) In regulation 50(1) (interpretation)—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) in the definition of “standard maintenance grant” omit “and paid under the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992”.
(5) In regulation 72(7) (non-dependant deductions) for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—
“(b) he is in receipt of an allowance paid in connection with training provided or arranged by the Department for Employment and Learning under section 1(1) or 3 of the 1950 Act for which persons aged under 18 are eligible and for which persons aged 18 to 24 may be eligible;”.
(6) In Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) omit paragraph 42.
(7) In Schedule 7 (capital to be disregarded)—
(a) in paragraph 35 omit “, the Independent Living (1993) Fund”; and
(b) omit paragraph 37.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/428/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-5-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-6
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