Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 20066

1

The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 200618 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

a

for the definition of “Grenfell Tower payment” substitute—

  • “Grenfell Tower payment” means a payment made for the purpose of providing compensation or support in respect of the fire on 14th June 2017 at Grenfell Tower;

b

at the appropriate places insert—

  • “the Horizon system” means any version of the computer system used by the Post Office known as Horizon, Horizon Legacy, Horizon Online or HNG-X;”;

  • “the Post Office” means Post Office Limited (registered number 02154540);”;

  • “Post Office compensation payment” means a payment made by the Post Office or the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing compensation or support which is—

    1. a

      in connection with the failings of the Horizon system; or

    2. b

      otherwise payable following the judgment in Bates and Others v Post Office Ltd ((No. 3) “Common Issues”)19;”;

  • “vaccine damage payment” means a payment made under the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979;

c

in the definition of “qualifying person”, for “or a Windrush payment” substitute “, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment”.

3

In regulation 55(10) (non-dependant deductions), after sub-paragraph (bc) insert—

bd

any Post Office compensation payment;

4

In Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 16—

a

in sub-paragraph (1A), after “Windrush payment” insert “, Post Office compensation payment or vaccine damage payment”;

b

in each of sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), for “or a Windrush payment” substitute “, a Windrush payment, a Post Office compensation payment or a vaccine damage payment”.