# The Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 4: Benefit cap

Extent: N.I.

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(3) ...Subject to paragraph (6), a person is entitled to a welfare supplementary payment under this regulation for any period in respect of which—
(a) the amount of housing benefit to which the person is entitled is reduced in accordance with regulation 73D of the Housing Benefit Regulations; and
(b) the person resides with a child or young person for whom the person, or as the case may be, the person's partner is responsible.
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(6) The period in respect of which welfare supplementary payments are payable under this regulation ... ends on 31st March 2028 ....
(7) A welfare supplementary payment to which a person is entitled under this regulation must be paid—
(a) in a case where the person’s landlord is the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, every four weeks, or as soon as is reasonably practicable after that, in arrears,
(b) in any other case, every four weeks, at the time that housing benefit is paid to that person, in arrears.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/178/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-supplementary-payments-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-4
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