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The Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) (Abolition of Benefit Periods Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule

Publication 2003-06-06

Last updated 2006-11-20

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Jurisdiction Northern Ireland

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Made: 6th June 2003

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PART 1 — General

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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PART 2 — Amendment of Housing Benefit Regulations

Housing Benefit Regulations

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Continuing payments where state pension credit claimed

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PART 3 — Transitory Provisions

Transitory Provision

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Extension of benefit period

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PART 4 — Consequential and Transitional Provisions

Application of this Part

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Amendment of regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit Regulations

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Amendment of regulation 7 of the Housing Benefit Regulations

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Amendment of regulation 11 of the Housing Benefit Regulations

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Extended payments

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Change of circumstances

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Time claims are made or treated as made

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Amendment of regulation 76 of the Housing Benefit Regulations

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Amendment of regulation 104 of the Housing Benefit Regulations

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Amendment of Schedule 1B to the Housing Benefit Regulations

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Amendment of Schedule 6 to the Housing Benefit Regulations

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Minor and consequential amendments

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Transitional Provision

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Transitional provision for rent decisions

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PART 5 — Application and Amendment of Other Provisions

Amendment of regulation 16 of the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations

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Amendment of regulation 5 of the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations

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Amendment of regulations 7 and 8 of the Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations

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SCHEDULE — Provisions Conferring Powers Exercised in making these Regulations

Column (1)	Column (2)	Column (3)
Short title	Provision	Relevant amendments
Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act[^f00043]
	Section 122(1)(d)
	Section 129(2) and (4)
	Section 132A	State Pension Credit (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, (c. 14) Schedule 2, paragraph 3
	Section 133(2)(i)
	Section 171(3) and (4)
Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992[^f00044]
	Section 5(1)(a), (d), (e), (j), (k) and (l)	Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)), Schedule 6, paragraph 60(1)(a)
	Section 73(2) and (4)
	Section 165(4) and (5)
Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998[^f00045]	Article 34(1) and (2)
	Article 74(4), (6) and (7)[^f00046]

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 6th June 2003.

John O'Neill — Senior Officer of the — Department for Social Development

The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby consents to the foregoing Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 9th June 2003.

Rodney Scott — Senior Officer of the — Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

[^f00002]: 2000 c. 4 (N.I.)

[^f00003]: See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) as inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481

[^f00004]: See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)

[^f00005]: S.R. 2003 No. 197

[^f00006]: S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1989 No. 125, S.R. 1990 No.137, S.R. 1991 No. 47, S.R. 1992 No. 141, S.R. 1993 No. 149, S.R. 1996 Nos. 111, 115 and 334, S.R. 1999 Nos. 381 and 416, S.R. 2000 Nos. 1, 265 and 365, S.R. 2001 Nos. 79, 99, 151, 175, 215 and 238, S.R. 2002 No. 80 and S.R. 2003 Nos. 189 and 197

[^f00007]: 2002 c. 14 (N.I.)

[^f00008]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00009]: See regulation 2(1) and (3A); paragraph (3A) was inserted by regulation 2(b) of S.R. 1996 No. 334 and amended by regulation 3(a) and (b) of S.R. 2000 No. 365 and regulation 4(3) of S.R. 2002 No. 80

[^f00010]: Regulation 62B was inserted by regulation 10 of S.R. 2003 No. 197

[^f00019]: Regulation 29 was substituted, in relation to those who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit, by regulation 8 of S.R. 2003 No. 197

[^f00043]: 1992 c. 7

[^f00044]: 1992 c. 8

[^f00045]: S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)

[^f00046]: See paragraph 20(3) of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4)

Editorial notes

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