Prospective
11.—(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.N.I.
(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 or rates 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, £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 (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 less any deductions in respect of non-dependants which fall to be made under regulation 63 (non-dependant deductions) of those Regulations(1).
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 4 para. 11 in operation at 6.10.2003, see reg. 1(1)
Regulation 63 was amended by regulation 7(a) of S.R. 1989 No. 125, regulation 8 of S.R. 1990 No. 136, regulation 8 of S.R. 1990 No. 345, regulation 2 of S.R. 1992 No. 85, regulation 7(a) of S.R. 1992 No. 549, regulation 9 of S.R. 1993 No. 145, regulation 4(3)(d) of S.R. 1993 No. 195, regulation 4(d) of S.R. 1993 No. 233, regulation 9 of S.R. 1994 No. 404, regulation 10 of S.R. 1996 No. 334, regulation 2 of S.R. 1997 No. 3, regulation 5(2)(a)(ii) of S.R. 1998 No. 81 and Article 19(4) of S.R. 2000 No. 38