# The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 19: Amendment of regulation 13

Extent: N.I.

In regulation 13 (income support and social fund determinations on incomplete evidence) –
(a) in paragraph (1) –
(i) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph –
“(a) a determination falls to be made by the Department as to what housing costs are to be included in –
(i) a claimant’s applicable amount by virtue of regulation 17(1)(e) or 18(1)(f) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Income Support Regulations, or
(ii) a claimant’s appropriate minimum guarantee by virtue of regulation 6(6)(c) of, and Schedule 2 to, the State Pension Credit Regulations; and”; and
(ii) for “applicable amount are those” there shall be substituted “applicable amount or, as the case may be, appropriate minimum guarantee are those”;
(b) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph –
“(3) Where, for the purposes of a decision under Article 9 or 11 –
(a) a determination falls to be made by the Department as to whether a claimant’s appropriate minimum guarantee includes an additional amount in accordance with regulation 6(4) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the State Pension Credit Regulations; and
(b) it appears to the Department that it is not in possession of all the information or evidence which is relevant for the purpose of such a determination,
it shall make the determination on the assumption that the relevant information or evidence which is not in its possession is adverse to the claimant.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/191/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-consequential-transitional-and-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-19
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