http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/204/contents

The Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

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These Regulations provide for rate relief for claimants who have not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit and for those who have attained that age and are receiving, or whose partner is receiving, income support or income-based jobseeker’s allowance. In the case of a woman the qualifying age for state pension credit is pensionable age and in the case of a man it is the age which is pensionable age in the case of a woman born on the same day as the man (section 1(6) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002). Provisions relating to those claimants who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit other than those who are, or whose partner is, receiving income support or income-based jobseeker’s allowance are contained in the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007.