SCHEDULE 2N.I.Consequential amendments

Amendment of the Housing Renewal Grants (Reduction of Grant) RegulationsN.I.

12.—(1) The Housing Renewal Grants (Reduction of Grant) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(1) shall be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (8).

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a)after the definition of “housing benefit” insert—

““the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006;

“the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006;”;

(b)after the definition of “pension fund holder” insert—

““pensionable age” has the meaning given by the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(2) (equalisation of pensionable ages for men and women);”; and

(c)after the definition of “Preparation for Employment Programme” insert—

““the qualifying age for state pension credit” is (in accordance with section 1(2)(b) and (6) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(3))—

(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;”.

(3) In regulation 3 (persons from abroad) for “regulation 7A of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “regulation 10 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations”.

(4) In regulation 20(3)(e) (treatment of child care charges) for “regulation 18(2) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (patients)” substitute “regulation 2(4) and (5) of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005(4)”.

(5) In regulation 32 (notional income)—

(a)in paragraph (9)(b) omit “to which regulation 9 or 10 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 refers”; and

F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) In regulation 39 (notional capital)—

(a)in paragraph (3)(b) omit “to which regulation 9 or 10 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 refers”; and

F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7) In Schedule 3 (sums to be disregarded in the determination of income other than earnings)—

(a)in paragraph 12—

(i)in sub-paragraph (2) omit “to which regulation 9 or 10 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 refers”, and

F3(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)in paragraph 60—

(i)in sub-paragraph (2) omit “to which regulation 9 or 10 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 refers”, and

F4(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(8) In Schedule 4 (capital to be disregarded)—

(a)in paragraph 44 for “regulation 7B of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987” substitute “regulation 10A of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations”; and

(b)in paragraph 51—

(i)in sub-paragraph (2) omit “to which regulation 9 or 10 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987”, and

F5(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 12 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

S.R. 2004 No. 8, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations