Amendment of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations N.I.

4.  In regulation 14C of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) (Northern Ireland) 2006 M1 (when a maximum rent (LHA) is to be determined)—

(a) in paragraph (2)(d)—

(i) at the end of paragraph (ii) omit “or”; and

(ii) after paragraph (iii) add—

“or

(iv) notification of a change of a kind which affects the amount of the claimant's cap rent as determined in accordance with regulation 14D.”;

(b) for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3) This paragraph applies on 1st April in any year.”; and

(c) omit paragraphs (4) and (6).

Marginal Citations

M1 S.R. 2006 No. 406; regulations 14 to14F were substituted for regulation 14 by regulation 2(7) of S.R. 2008 No. 102