The Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Exempt rentersN.I.
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14.—(1) No deduction is to be made under paragraph 12 in the case of—

(a)any renter who is a single person to whom sub-paragraph (2) applies; or

(b)any joint renter where at least one joint renter is a person to whom sub-paragraph (2) applies.

(2) This sub-paragraph applies to a person—

(a)who is blind;

(b)in receipt of the care component of disability living allowance at the middle or highest rate;

[F1(ba)in receipt of the care component of child disability payment at the middle or highest rate in accordance with regulation 11(5) of the DACYP Regulations;]

(c)in receipt of attendance allowance;

(d)in receipt of the daily living component of a personal independence payment;

[F2(da)a person in receipt of the daily living component of adult disability payment at the standard or enhanced rate;]

(e)who is entitled to a payment within paragraph (b), (c) [F3, (d) or (da)] but is not receiving it under, as the case may be—

(i)regulation 8 of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 M1,

(ii)regulation 6 of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 M2,

(iii)regulation 19 of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984 M3, F4...

(iv)regulations under Article 91 of the Order (hospital in-patients).

[F5or

(v)regulation 28 (effect of admission to hospital on ongoing entitlement to Adult Disability Payment) of the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022]