Article 13 Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 25(11) (treatment of child care charges), after sub-paragraph (eb), insert—

“(ec)

an adult disability payment was payable on account of the other member’s incapacity but has ceased to be payable in accordance with regulation 28 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to adult disability payment)^f2;”.

In Schedule 4 (applicable amounts), in paragraph 14(2)(a)(i), after “regulation 5 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022” insert “or a pension age disability payment in accordance with regulation 6 of the Disability Assistance for Older People (Scotland) Regulations 2024;”.