Regulation 3 Interpretation of Part 2

In this Part—

• “child” means a person under the age of 16;

• “couple” means—

  1. (a)

     subject to paragraph (e), F1two people who are married to, or civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household;

  2. (b)

     F2two people who are not married to, or civil partners of, each other but are living together as if spouses of each other;

  3. (c)

     F3...

  4. (d)

     ...or

  5. (e)

     in a case where a person is a member of a polygamous marriage, that person and the member of the polygamous marriage to whom that person was first married,

  F4...

• “housing association” has the same meaning as in Article 3 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 M1;

• “housing benefit” means housing benefit under section 122 of the Contributions and Benefits Act M2;

• “Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 M3;

• “landlord” has the same meaning as in regulation 92 of the Housing Benefit Regulations M4;

• F5“welfare benefit” has the same meaning as in Article 101(7) of the 2015 Order;

• “young person” has the same meaning as in regulation 17(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations.

For the purposes of regulation 4(3)(b), the circumstances in which a person is treated as responsible for a child or young person are the same as those set out in regulation 18 of the Housing Benefit Regulations.

In this Part the date the new benefit cap is applied to a person is the date the person’s award of housing benefit under regulation 73D of the Housing Benefit Regulations is reduced consequent upon the first amendment to the definition of the relevant amount in regulation 73G of the Housing Benefit Regulations.