Article 14 Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 29(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 6(6)(a), after “regulation 5 of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022” insert “, the care component of child disability payment at the highest or middle rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the DACYP Regulations ^f3”.

In Schedule 5 (sums disregarded from claimant’s earnings), after paragraph 5(1)(a)(ivb) insert—

“(ivc)

adult disability payment;”.