# The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Paragraph 11

Extent: N.I.

(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 , 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 or 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 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.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/28/schedule/4/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-4/paragraph-11
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.