The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 No. 79

PART V HOUSING BENEFIT

Circumstances where housing benefit is payable

18.  Regulation 17 shall not apply and housing benefit shall be payable to an offender or to an offender’s family member—

(a) where the offender is the claimant, he is entitled to that benefit during the disqualification period;

(b) where the offender’s family member is the claimant, he is entitled to that benefit during the relevant period,

and the claimant is, at the same time, also entitled to income support or to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance.