Reduced dog licence fees for those in receipt of income-related benefits
Reduced fee for dog licences
133.—(1) The Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 7 (fees for dog licences)—
(a)for paragraph (3)(b) substitute—
“(b)a licence issued to a person who at the time of the application for the licence is—
(i)in receipt of an income-related benefit, or
(ii)a member of a couple in receipt of an income-related benefit;”.
(b)after paragraph (9), insert—
“(10) In this Article “income-related benefit” means—
(a)universal credit under the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;
(b)state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;
(c)income support under section 123 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
(d)housing benefit under section 129 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
(e)income-based jobseekers allowance under the Jobseeker’s (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;
(f)income-related employment and support allowance under the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;
(g)working tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002.”