Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations5.

In regulation 10(5) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200614 (persons from abroad) for sub-paragraphs (a) to (f) substitute—

“(za)

a qualified person for the purposes of regulation 6 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 as a worker or a self-employed person;

(zb)

a family member of a person referred to in sub-paragraph (za) within the meaning of regulation 7(1)(a), (b) or (c) of those Regulations;

(zc)

a person who has a right to reside permanently in the United Kingdom by virtue of regulation 15(1)(c), (d) or (e) of those Regulations;”.