The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 No. 28

PART 3 AMENDMENTS TO WELFARE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THE BENEFIT CAP

Termination of welfare supplementary payment if person ceases to be affected by benefit cap

20.  After regulation 4D insert—

“Termination of welfare supplementary payment if person ceases to be affected by benefit cap

4E.— (1) This regulation applies where the housing benefit to which a person is entitled ceases to be reduced in accordance with regulation 73D of the Housing Benefit Regulations(1).

(2) Welfare supplementary payment under this Part must cease to be paid from the day after the first payment of welfare supplementary payment following the date on which the person’s housing benefit ceases to be reduced.”.

(1)

Regulation 73D was inserted by regulation 3(5) of S.R. 2016 No. 55