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2.—(1) The Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4)—
(2) in regulation 1(2) at the appropriate place insert—
“the Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium) Regulations means the Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium and date of claim) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016;”;
“registered housing association” means a housing association which is registered in a register maintained under Article 14 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992(2).”.
(3) in regulation 2, after paragraph (1)(b) insert—
“; or
(c)is a tenant of the Housing Executive or a registered housing association and their amount of housing benefit has been reduced by virtue of the abolition of the family premium pursuant to regulation 3 of the Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium) Regulations, and to whom the transitional provision in regulation 5 of those Regulations does not apply.”
(4) in regulation 6, for paragraph (1)(b)(i) substitute—
“(i)a person entitled to housing benefit in a case where regulation 2(1) applies, or”.
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