# The State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Paragraph 20

Extent: N.I.

(1) Any amount paid –
(a) by way of arrears of benefit;
(b) by way of compensation for the late payment of benefit;
(c) in lieu of the payment of benefit, or
(d) by way of any payment made by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to or on behalf of the claimant or his partner relating to a service which is provided to develop or sustain the capacity of the claimant or his partner to live independently in his accommodation.
(2) In paragraph (1) “benefit” means –
(a) attendance allowance under section 64 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
(b) disability living allowance;
(ba) armed forces independence payment;
(c) income support;
(d) income-based jobseeker’s allowance;
(e) housing benefit;
(f) state pension credit;
(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(h) an increase of a disablement pension under section 104 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (increase where constant attendance needed), and any further increase of such a pension under section 105 of that Act (increase for exceptionally severe disablement);
(i) any amount included on account of the claimant’s exceptionally severe disablement or need for constant attendance, in a war disablement pension or any other such amount described in regulation 15(5)(ac) ;
(j) council tax benefit;
(k) social fund payments;
(l) child benefit;
(m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(n) child tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002.
(o) income-related employment and support allowance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/28/schedule/5/paragraph/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-5/paragraph-20
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