Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations N.I.
7.—(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 “qualifying person”(2) after “the National Emergencies Trust” insert “, the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme”;
(b)after the definition of “vaccine damage payment”(3) 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) and (b), after “the National Emergencies Trust” insert “, the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme”—
(a)regulation 53(10)(b)(4) (non-dependant deductions);
(b)paragraph 16(1)(a)(5) of Schedule 7 (capital to be disregarded).
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 7 in operation at 28.10.2023, see reg. 1(1)
Relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2008 No. 428, S.R. 2010 No. 69, S.R. 2011 No. 357, S.R. 2017 Nos. 205 and 219, S.R. 2020 No. 108, S.R. 2021 No. 345 and S.R. 2023 No. 97
The definition of “qualifying person” was amended by regulation 9(3)(a) of S.R. 2010 No. 69, regulation 20(2)(b) of S.R. 2011 No. 357, regulation 7(2)(b) of S.R. 2017 No. 205, regulation 7(2)(c) of S.R. 2017 No. 219, regulation 6(2)(b) of S.R. 2020 No. 108 and S.R. 2021 No. 345 respectively and regulation 6(2)(c) of S.R. 2023 No. 97
The definition of “vaccine damage payment” was inserted by regulation 6(2)(b) of S.R. 2023 No. 97
Regulation 53(10)(b) was amended by regulation 7(3)(b) of S.R. 2008 No. 428, regulation 9(3)(b) and (5)(a) of S.R. 2010 No. 69, regulation 20(6) of S.R. 2011 No. 357, regulation 7(3)(a) of S.R. 2017 Nos. 205 and 219 respectively and regulation 6(3)(a) of S.R. 2020 No. 108
Paragraph 16(1)(a) was amended by regulation 9(3)(d) of S.R. 2010 No. 69, regulation 20(7)(b) of S.R. 2011 No. 357, regulation 7(3)(c) of S.R. 2017 No. 205, regulation 7(3)(b) of S.R. 2017 No. 205 and regulation 6(4)(a)(i) of S.R. 2020 No. 108