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Paragraph 11 I1

Northern Ireland

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(1)

Any payment, other than a payment to which sub-paragraph (2) applies, made to the claimant by Trustees in exercise of a discretion exercisable by them.

(2)

This sub-paragraph applies to payments made to the claimant by Trustees in exercise of a discretion exercisable by them for the purpose of –

(a)

obtaining food, ordinary clothing or footwear or household fuel;

(b)

the payment of rent F1, rates or water charges for which that claimant or his partner is liable;

(c)

meeting housing costs of a kind specified in Schedule 2.

(3)

In a case to which sub-paragraph (2) applies, £20 or –

(a)

if the payment is less than £20, the whole payment, or

(b)

if, in the claimant’s case, £10 is disregarded in accordance with paragraph 1(a) to (f) or paragraph 7 F2or 7A, £10 or the whole payment if it is less than £10.

(4)

For the purposes of this paragraph –

  • “ordinary clothing and footwear” means clothing or footwear for normal daily use, but does not include school uniforms, or clothing and footwear used solely for sporting activities;

  • “rent or rates” means eligible rent or rates for the purposes of F3the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations less any deductions in respect of non-dependants which fall to be made under F4regulation 53 (non-dependant deductions) of those Regulations.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 4 para. 11(2)(b) substituted (2.4.2007) by The Social Security and Child Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/196), regs. 1(1), 6(3)

F2

Words in Sch. 4 para. 11(3)(b) inserted (6.10.2003) by The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (S.R. 2003/191), regs. 1(2)(b), 23(8)(b) (with regs. 34-36)

F3

Words in Sch. 4 para. 11(4) substituted (20.11.2006) by The Housing Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/407), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 11(5)(a) (with reg. 2, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

F4

Words in Sch. 4 para. 11(4) substituted (20.11.2006) by The Housing Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/407), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 11(5)(b) (with reg. 2, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 4 para. 11 in operation at 6.10.2003, see reg. 1(1)