The Social Security (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

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

6.  In regulation 10(5) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1) (persons from abroad), at the end of sub-paragraph (k) omit “or” and insert the following sub-paragraph—

(kk)a person who—

(i)arrived in Great Britain on or after 28th February 2009 but before 18th March 2011;

(ii)immediately before arriving there had been resident in Zimbabwe; and

(iii)before leaving Zimbabwe had accepted an offer, made by Her Majesty’s Government, to assist that person to move to and settle in the United Kingdom; or.

(1)

S.R. 2006 No. 406; regulation 10 was amended by regulation 6 of S.R. 2006 No. 523