Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

9.—(1) The Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation), after the definition of “benefit week”, insert—

child disability payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021;.

(3) In regulation 4(6B)(b) (revision of decisions), after “Order” and after the second occurrence of “benefit”, insert “or child disability payment”.

(4) In regulation 7(2)(h)(ii) (decisions superseding earlier decisions), after “Order” and after the second occurrence of “benefit”, insert “or child disability payment”.

(5) In regulation 8(12) (date from which a decision superseding an earlier decision takes effect) after both occurrences of “benefit”, insert “or child disability payment”.