Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reduction of Grant) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 which set out the means test for determining the amount of renovation grant and disabled facilities grant which may be paid by the Housing Executive to owner-occupier and tenant applicants under Chapter I of Part III of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992. The amendments take account of the introduction of state pension credit, of which the guarantee credit element is an income-related entitlement that replaces income support (minimum income guarantee) for people aged 60 and over.