Regulation 5 Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland)I1

for sub-paragraph (6) substitute—

“(6)

A renter satisfies the disabled child condition if they or another member of their extended benefit unit are responsible for a child who would (but for the provisions of this paragraph) be expected to share a bedroom and that child is—

(a)

in receipt of—

(i)

the care component of disability living allowance at the middle or highest rate; or

(ii)

the care component of child disability payment at the middle or highest rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the DACYP Regulations; and

(b)

that child is, by virtue of their disability, not reasonably able to share a room with another child;”

in sub-paragraph (6A)(a)—