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Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations
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21.—(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006() are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) after paragraph 64() insert—
“(65) Any bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (bereavement support payment) except any such payment which is disregarded as capital under paragraph 9(1)(h) or 59 of Schedule 7.”.
(3) In Schedule 7 (capital to be disregarded)—
(a)in paragraph 9(1)() after paragraph (g) insert—
“(h)bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015,”; and
(b)after paragraph 58 insert—
“(59) Any bereavement support payment in respect of the rate set out in regulation 3(2) or (5) (rate of bereavement support payment) of the Bereavement Support Payment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017(), but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.”.
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