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20. In regulation 16 of the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) (savings provisions) –
(a)after paragraph (5B)(2), there shall be inserted the following paragraphs –
“(5C) Subject to paragraph (5D), paragraphs (1) to (5A) above shall have effect where a claimant has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit as if any references to a benefit period were references to an award of housing benefit.
(5D) Paragraph (5C) shall not apply if 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 Principal Regulations.”;
(b)in paragraph (6), at the appropriate places, insert the following definitions –
““the qualifying age for state pension credit” means (in accordance with section 1(2)(b) and (6) of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(3) –
in the case of a woman, pensionable age, or
in the case of a man, the age which is pensionable age in the case of a woman born on the same day as the man;
“state pension credit” means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002.”
S.R. 1996 No. 111; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1998 No. 324
Paragraph (5B) was inserted by regulation 10(c) of S.R. 1998 No. 324
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