The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023

Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

43.—(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), after the definition of “broad rental market area determination” insert—

““carer support payment” means carer’s assistance given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023;”.

(3) In regulation 27 (meaning of “income”), after paragraph (4)(f) insert—

“(g)regulation 16(2) of the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023.”.

(4) In Schedule 4 (applicable amounts)—

(a)in paragraph 5—

(i)at the end of sub-paragraph (1)(a) omit “and”;

(ii)at the end of sub-paragraph (1)(b) insert “and”;

(iii)after sub-paragraph (1)(b) insert—

“(c)in the case of carer support payment, any period during which, apart from regulation 16 of the Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023, he would be in receipt of that benefit.”;

(iv)in sub-paragraph (2)—

(aa)after “by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a)” insert “or carer support payment by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(c)”;

(bb)after “the allowance” insert “or payment”;

(b)in paragraph 6—

(i)in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii), after “carer's allowance under section 70 of the Act” insert “or carer support payment”;

(ii)in the words after sub-paragraph (2)(b)(iii)—

(aa)after “carer’s allowance” insert “or carer support payment”;

(bb)after “such an allowance” insert “or payment”;

(iii)in sub-paragraph (7)(b), after “carer’s allowance” insert “or carer support payment”;

(c)in paragraph 9, after “carer’s allowance”, in each place it occurs, insert “or carer support payment”;

(d)in paragraph 12—

(i)in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(i), after “carer’s allowance” insert “or carer support payment”;

(ii)in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii), after “such an allowance” insert “or payment”.

(5) In Schedule 6 (amounts to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), after paragraph 25 insert—

“26.  Any amount of carer support payment that is in excess of the amount the claimant would receive if they had an entitlement to carer’s allowance under section 70 of the Act.”.