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4.—(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In regulation 2(1)(interpretation)—
(a)in the definition of “main phase employment and support allowance” after “Welfare Reform Act” insert “or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group,”; and
(b)in the definition of “member of the work-related activity group” for “claimant” substitute “person”.
(3) In regulation 7(8)(c)(ii) (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home)—
(a)omit “23 or”; and
(b)after “of that Schedule” insert “or the claimant or the claimant’s partner is a member of the work-related activity group”.
(4) In regulation 72(8)(a) (non-dependant deductions) for “or where the non-dependant is not a member of the work-related activity group” substitute “and where the non-dependant is not a member of the work-related activity group”.
(5) In paragraph 1A(a) of Schedule 4 (applicable amounts) after “personally” insert “or the claimant is personally a member of the work-related activity group”.
S.R. 2006 No. 405; relevant amending Regulations are; S.R. 2008 Nos. 179 and 378, S.R. 2009 No. 92, S.R. 2010 No. 312, S.R. 2013 No. 67 and S.R. 2017 No. 51
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