Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations
4.—(1) The Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) shall be amended in accordance with the paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 16(5)(2) (applicable amounts), as modified in respect of any person who has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit, in the definition of “patient” for “the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975” there shall be substituted “regulation 2(4) and (5) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005”.
(3) In regulation 21A(4)(c)(3) (treatment of child care charges) for “the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975” there shall be substituted “regulation 2(4) and (5) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005”.
S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1994 No. 274, S.R. 2003 No. 197 and S.R. 2005 No. 444
Regulation 16 was substituted by regulation 6(1) of S.R. 2003 No. 197 and paragraph (5) was substituted by regulation 2(3)(b) of S.R. 2005 No. 444
Regulation 21A was inserted by regulation 2(3) of S.R.1994 No. 274 and paragraph (4)(c) was amended by regulation 2(5) of S.R. 2005 No. 444