The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011

Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations

12.—(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In Schedule 4 (applicable amounts)—

(a) in paragraph 15(2) (enhanced disability premium)—

(i) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Where the condition in sub-paragraph (1) ceases to be satisfied because of the death of a child or young person, the condition is that the claimant is entitled to child benefit in respect of that person under section 141A of the Act(3) (entitlement after death of child or qualifying young person).”, and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (2) for “An enhanced disability premium shall not be applicable in respect of” substitute “The condition is not satisfied if the person to whom sub-paragraph (1) refers is”; and

(b) in paragraph 16 (disabled child premium) for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—

“(c) is a child or young person in respect of whom section 141A of the Act (entitlement after death of child or qualifying young person) applies for the purposes of entitlement to child benefit but only for the period prescribed under that section, and in respect of whom a disabled child premium was included in the claimant’s applicable amount immediately before the death of that child or young person, or ceased to be included in the claimant’s applicable amount because of that child or young person’s death.”.

(3) In Schedule 7 (capital to be disregarded) omit paragraph 47 (child maintenance bonus).

(1)

S.R. 2006 No. 405; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2008 No. 378 and S.R. 2010 No. 103

(2)

Paragraph 15 was amended by regulation 3(17)(c) of S.R. 2008 No. 378 and regulation 8(3)(b) of S.R. 2010 No. 103

(3)

Section 141A was inserted by section 55 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)) and amended by paragraph 101(2) to (4) of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) and paragraph 38 of Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6)