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Explanatory Note
These Regulations further amend the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987.
Regulation 2 increases the maximum deduction which may be made from a claimant’s weekly income in respect of relevant child care charges for the purpose of assessing entitlement to housing benefit.
Regulation 3 provides for a woman on maternity leave to be treated as if she were engaged in remunerative work so enabling relevant child care charges to be deducted from her weekly income for the purpose of assessing entitlement to housing benefit. Any child care charges incurred in respect of the child to whom the maternity leave relates are not treated as relevant child care charges.
These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.
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