Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations I16
1
The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200643 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
a
in the definition of “qualifying person”44 after “the National Emergencies Trust” insert “, the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme”
;
b
after the definition of “vaccine damage payment”45 insert—
“the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme” means the scheme of that name established by the Ministry of Justice in 2012 under section 47 of the Crime and Security Act 2010;
3
In the provisions specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d), after “the National Emergencies Trust” insert “, the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme”
—
a
regulation 43(6)46 (income treated as capital);
b
regulation 46(4)(a)47 (notional capital);
c
regulation 72(9)(b)48 (non-dependant deductions);