{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2014/105",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph (1) omit the definition of “service user group”; and\n(b) after paragraph (5) insert—\n“(5A) References in these Regulations to a claimant participating as a service user are to—\n(a) a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—\n(i) a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing, or\n(ii) a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,\nin their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services; or\n(b) the carer of a person consulted under sub-paragraph (a).”.\n(3) In regulation 33(2)(e) (earnings of employed earners) for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.\n(4) In regulation 39(10A) (notional income) for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.\n(5) In regulation 40(3) (income paid to third parties) for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2006 No. 406; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2009 No. 338 and S.R. 2011 No. 357"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of “service user group” was inserted by regulation 7(2)(c) of S.R. 2009 No. 338"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (e) was added by regulation 7(3) of S.R. 2009 No. 338"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Paragraph (10A) was added by regulation 7(4)(b) of S.R. 2009 No. 338"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Paragraph (3) was added by regulation 20(5)(b) of S.R. 2011 No. 357"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/105/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:07:20.101930+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."
}