The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Applicable amounts

20.—(1) Subject to regulations 59 and 60 and Schedule A1(1) (treatment of claims for housing benefit by refugees), the applicable amount of a claimant shall be the aggregate of such of the following amounts as apply in his case—

(a)an amount in respect of his personal allowance, determined in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 4;

(b)an amount in respect of any child or young person who is a member of his family, determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Schedule;

(c)if he is a member of a family of which at least one member is a child or young person, an amount determined in accordance with paragraph 3(1) of that Schedule;

(d)if he is a member of a family of which one member is a child under the age of one year, an additional amount determined in accordance with paragraph 3(2) of that Schedule;

(e)the amount of any premiums which may be applicable to him determined in accordance with Parts III and IV of that Schedule.

(2) In Schedule 4—

additional spouse” means a spouse of either party to the marriage who is additional to the other party to the marriage;

patient” means a person (other than a person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a young offenders centre or a juvenile justice centre) who is regarded as receiving free in-patient treatment within the meaning of regulation 2(4) and (5) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(2).

(1)

See, for Schedule A1, paragraph 2(2) and (3) of Schedule 4 to S.R. 2006 No. 407