The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

15.  Any of the following, namely— N.I.

(a) a war disablement pension;

(b) a war widow’s pension or war widower’s pension;

[F1 (ba) any retired pay or pension payable, to a member of the armed forces of the Crown in respect of a disablement which is attributable to service, under—

(i) an Order in Council made under section 3 of the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act 1865;

(ii) the Army Pensions Warrant 1977;

(iii) any order or regulations made under section 2 of the Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917;

(iv) any order or regulations made under section 4 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996, or

(v) any instrument amending or replacing any of the instruments referred to in paragraphs (i) to (iv);

(bb) any retired pay or pension payable, to a member of the armed forces of the Crown in respect of a disablement which is attributable to service, under any power of Her Majesty otherwise than under any statutory provision to make provision about pensions for or in respect of persons who have been disabled or have died in consequence of service as members of the armed forces of the Crown;

(bc) a pension payable, to a widow, widower or surviving civil partner of a member of the armed forces of the Crown in respect of death which is attributable to service, under—

(i) an Order in Council made under section 3 of the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act 1865;

(ii) the Army Pensions Warrant 1977;

(iii) any order or regulations made under section 2 of the Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917;

(iv) any order or regulations made under section 4 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996, or

(v) any instrument amending or replacing any of the instruments referred to in paragraphs (i) to (iv);]

(c) a pension payable to a person as a widow, widower or surviving civil partner under F2 ... any power of Her Majesty otherwise than under any statutory provision, to make provision about pensions for or in respect of persons who have been disabled or have died in consequence of service as members of the armed forces of the Crown;

(d) a guaranteed income payment [F3 and, if the amount of that payment has been abated by a [F4 pension or payment falling within Article 31(1)(a) or (b) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005], an amount of [F5 that pension or payment] equal to the amount of that abatement];

(e) a payment made to compensate for the non-payment of such a pension or payment as is mentioned in any of the preceding sub-paragraphs;

(f) a pension paid by the government of a country outside Great Britain which is analogous to any of the pensions or payments mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 6 paras. 15(ba)-(bc) inserted (26.1.2010) by The Housing Benefit (War Pension Disregards Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/8), regs. 1(1), 2

F2 Words in Sch. 6 para. 15(c) omitted (5.1.2009) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 7) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/498), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(a)(i)

F3 Words in Sch. 6 para. 15(d) added (5.1.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 7) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/498), regs. 1(1), 5(5)(a)(ii)

F4 Words in Sch. 6 para. 15(d) substituted (2.11.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/338), regs. 1(3), 6(6)(b)(i)

F5 Words in Sch. 6 para. 15(d) substituted (2.11.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/338), regs. 1(3), 6(6)(b)(ii)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 6 para. 15 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)