Prospective

SCHEDULE 2 N.I. AMENDMENTS TO THE HOUSING BENEFIT REGULATIONS

2.  In regulation 13 (persons of prescribed description) after paragraph (2)(1) there shall be added the following paragraph– N.I.

“(3) A person of a prescribed description for the purposes of section 133(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act as it applies to housing benefit (definition of family) includes a child or young person in respect of whom section 141A of that Act applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under section 141A(1) of that Act.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 2 in operation at 1.4.2003 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(3)

I2 Sch. 2 para. 2 in operation at 7.4.2003 for specified purposes, see reg. 1(5)

(1)

Paragraph (2) was amended by regulation 4 of S.R. 1990 No. 136 and regulation 6 of S.R. 1996 No. 334