Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006
5.—(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 2(1)(interpretation)—
(a)in the definition of “main phase employment and support allowance” after “Welfare Reform Act” insert “or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group”; and
(b)in the definition of “member of the work-related activity group” for “claimant” substitute “person”.
(3) In regulation 53(8) (non-dependant deductions) for “or where the non-dependant is not a member of the work-related activity group” substitute “and where the non-dependant is not a member of the work-related activity group”.
S.R. 2006 No. 406; relevant amending Regulations are; S.R. 2008 No.378 and S.R 2017 No. 51