Amendment to the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations
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The Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4)—
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in regulation 1(2) at the appropriate place insert—
- the Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium) Regulations means the Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium and date of claim) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016;
;
- registered housing association” means a housing association which is registered in a register maintained under Article 14 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 .
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in regulation 2, after paragraph (1)(b) insert—
; or
c
is a tenant of the Housing Executive or a registered housing association and their amount of housing benefit has been reduced by virtue of the abolition of the family premium pursuant to regulation 3 of the Housing Benefit (Abolition of the Family Premium) Regulations, and to whom the transitional provision in regulation 5 of those Regulations does not apply.
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in regulation 6, for paragraph (1)(b)(i) substitute—
i
a person entitled to housing benefit in a case where regulation 2(1) applies, or
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S.R. 2001 No. 216
S.I. 1992/1725 (N.I. 15)