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PART IVCONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations

19.—(1) The Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In regulation 8 (date from which a decision superseding an earlier decision takes effect) –

(a)in paragraph (2), for “in accordance with regulations 68 and 68A of the Housing Benefit Regulations (date on which change of circumstances is to take effect and date of change of circumstances following decision as to whether a person took part in a work-focused interview)” there shall be substituted “in accordance with regulations 68, 68A or 68B of the Housing Benefit Regulations (date on which change of circumstances is to take effect, date of change of circumstances following decision as to whether a person took part in a work-focused interview and change of circumstances where state pension credit payable)”;

(b)in paragraph (3)(a), after “68A” there shall be inserted “or 68B”.

(1)

S.R. 2001 No. 213; to which there are no relevant amending Regulations