Amendment of the Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20162
1
The Welfare Supplementary Payments Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20163 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 1(2) (interpretation), at the appropriate place insert—
“the administrative period” means the period beginning on 31st March 2020 and ending on the day the Welfare Supplementary Payment (Extension) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 are made;
3
In regulation 4(6)—
a
for “ends on 31st March 2020” substitute “ends on 31st March 2025”
;
b
at the end insert “, but that period does not include any times in the administrative period”
.
4
In regulation 4D, after paragraph (3) insert—
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Where the date on which the person ceases to be entitled to housing benefit is in the administrative period, paragraph (2) has effect as if for “must cease to be paid from the day after the first payment of welfare supplementary payment following” there were substituted
“must not be paid for times after”.
5
In regulation 4E, after paragraph (2) insert—
3
Where the date on which the person’s housing benefit ceases to be reduced is in the administrative period, paragraph (2) has effect as if for “must cease to be paid from the day after the first payment of welfare supplementary payment following” there were substituted
“must not be paid for times after”.
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In regulation 9(4), after “under this Part” insert “, and includes any times in the administrative period in respect of which welfare supplementary payments would be payable under this Part but for regulation 10(4)”
.
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In regulation 10—
a
in paragraph (3)(b) for “on 31st March 2020” substitute “on 31st March 2025”
;
b
after paragraph (3) insert—
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But the period during which welfare supplementary payments are payable to a person under this Part does not include any times in the administrative period (nor any times more than a year after the commencement day given by paragraph (2)).