The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 No. 214

PART 1 General

Cases in which section 1(1A) of the Administration Act is disapplied

4.  Section 1(1A) of the Administration Act (requirement to state national insurance number) shall not apply—

(a) to a claim for housing benefit where the person making the claim, or in respect of whom the claim is made, is liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling which is a hostel;

(b) to any child or young person in respect of whom housing benefit is claimed.

[F1 (c) to a person who—

(i) is a person in respect of whom a claim for housing benefit is made;

(ii) is subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9)(a) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;

(iii) is a person from abroad for the purposes of these Regulations as defined in regulation 10(2); and

(iv) has not previously been allocated a national insurance number.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 4(c) added (6.4.2009) by The Social Security (National Insurance Number Information: Exemption) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/471), regs. 1, 10