Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations I17
1
The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 200651 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—
a
in the definition of “qualifying person”52 after “the National Emergencies Trust” insert “, the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme”
;
b
after the definition of “vaccine damage payment”53 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;