The Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

PART 3APPLICATION OF SCHEDULE 2

Application of Schedule 2

12.—(1) Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall have effect in relation to housing benefit.

(2) The provisions of Schedule 2 apply only in the case of a person who has attained or whose partner has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit, except in the case of a person to whom paragraph (3) applies.

(3) This paragraph applies where the claimant or, if the claimant has a partner, his partner, is a person on income support or on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance within the meaning of the Housing Benefit Regulations.