Amendment of regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit Regulations
7. In regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (interpretation) –
(a)the definition of “benefit period” shall be omitted,
(b)after the definition of “Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus”(1) there shall be inserted the following definition –
““the qualifying age for state pension credit” means (in accordance with section 1(2)(b) and (6) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 –
(a)
in the case of a woman, pensionable age, or
(b)
in the case of a man, the age which is pensionable age in the case of a woman born on the same day as the man;”.
(1)
Definition of “Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus” was inserted by regulation 13(2)(a) and (3)(a) of S.R. 2001 No. 151