PART 7Miscellaneous
Reduced dog licence fees for those in receipt of income-related benefits
Reduced fee for dog licences133.
(1)
The Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 is amended as follows.
(2)
In Article 7 (fees for dog licences)—
(a)
“(b)
a licence issued to a person who at the time of the application for the licence is—
(i)
in receipt of an income-related benefit, or
(ii)
a member of a couple in receipt of an income-related benefit;”.
(b)
“(10)
In this Article “income-related benefit” means—
(a)
universal credit under the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;
(b)
state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;
(c)
income support under section 123 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
(d)
housing benefit under section 129 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
(e)
income-based jobseekers allowance under the Jobseeker's (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;
(f)
income-related employment and support allowance under the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;
(g)
working tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002.”