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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-4/paragraph-11",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/28",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(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.\n(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 –\n(a) obtaining food, ordinary clothing or footwear or household fuel;\n(b) the payment of rent , rates or water charges for which that claimant or his partner is liable;\n(c) meeting housing costs of a kind specified in Schedule 2.\n(3) In a case to which sub-paragraph (2) applies, £20 or –\n(a) if the payment is less than £20, the whole payment, or\n(b) if, in the claimant’s case, £10 is disregarded in accordance with paragraph 1(a) to (f) or paragraph 7 or 7A, £10 or the whole payment if it is less than £10.\n(4) For the purposes of this paragraph –\n“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;\n“rent or rates” means eligible rent or rates for the purposes of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations less any deductions in respect of non-dependants which fall to be made under regulation 53 (non-dependant deductions) of those Regulations.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 11 in operation at 6.10.2003, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2017/242",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2017/62",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Income-related Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2023/1218",
      "affecting_title": "The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/28/schedule/4/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:09.593277+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}