156.—(1) The Housing Renewal Grants (Reduction of Grant) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1)(2) (“couple” to include same sex civil partners and same sex persons living together as civil partners), for the definition of “couple” substitute—
““couple” means—
two people who are married to, or are civil partners of, each other and are members of the same household, or
two people who are neither married to, nor are civil partners of, each other but are living together as if spouses of each other;”.
(3) In paragraph 51 of Schedule 3 (sum specified in Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 to be disregarded by persons in receipt of a pension under that scheme when calculating income for grant application), for the words “and widowers” substitute “, widowers and civil partners”.
(4) In paragraph 52 of Schedule 3 (disregard of payments to widow or widower under any of the Dispensing Instruments), after “widower” insert “, or a surviving civil partner,”.
(5) In paragraph 34 of Schedule 4 (disregard of arrears of payments that would have been disregarded under paragraph 40 of Schedule 3), for “special war widows” substitute “any”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 156 in force at 13.1.2020, see reg. 1(2)
The definition of “couple” was inserted by paragraph 19(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to S.R. (N.I.) 2005/520.