The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015

Reduced dog licence fees for those in receipt of income-related benefits

Reduced fee for dog licences

133.—(1) The Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 7 (fees for dog licences)—

(a) for paragraph (3)(b) substitute—

“(b) a licence issued to a person who at the time of the application for the licence is—

(i) in receipt of an income-related benefit, or

(ii) a member of a couple in receipt of an income-related benefit;”.

(b) after paragraph (9), insert—

“(10) In this Article “income-related benefit” means—

(a) universal credit under the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;

(b) state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002;

(c) income support under section 123 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

(d) housing benefit under section 129 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

(e) income-based jobseekers allowance under the Jobseeker’s (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

(f) income-related employment and support allowance under the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;

(g) working tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002.”