Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations

5.  In regulation 10(4) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1) (persons from abroad)—

(a) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(bb) regulation 15A(1) of those Regulations, but only in a case where the right exists under that regulation because the claimant satisfies the criteria in regulation 15A(4A) of those Regulations;”;

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) omit “or”;

(c) at the end of sub-paragraph (d) add “; or” and the following sub-paragraph—

“(e) Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (in a case where the right to reside arises because a British citizen would otherwise be deprived of the genuine enjoyment of the substance of their rights as a European Union citizen).”.

(1)

S.R. 2006 No. 405; regulation 10 was amended by regulation 5 of the S.R. 2006 No. 523, regulation 3(6) of S.R. 2008 No. 378, regulation 5 of S.R. 2009 No. 68 and regulation 19(3) of S.R. 2011 No. 357