1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Earned Income Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 and come into operation on 5th October 2026.
(2)The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
2Amendments to the Housing Benefit Regulations#
(1)The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2)In regulation 33 (calculation of net earnings of employed earners), in paragraph (2), after “paragraphs 1 to 14”, insert “and 18”.
(3)In regulation 35 (calculation of net profit of self-employed earners), in paragraph (2), after “paragraphs 1 to 14”, insert “and 18”.
(4)In Schedule 5 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings)—
(a)in paragraph 17 in sub-paragraph (3)(a), after “paragraphs 3 to 10A” insert “and 18”
(b)after paragraph 17, insert—“18 1 Where—a the claimant is resident in accommodation specified in paragraph 4 or paragraph 4A of Schedule 1 to the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (meaning of payments in respect of accommodation); andb the claimant or, if the claimant has a partner, the claimant or their partner, is an employed earner or a self-employed earner,the amount specified in sub-paragraph (2); but, notwithstanding regulation 22 (calculation of income and capital of members of claimant’s family and of a polygamous marriage), if this paragraph applies to a claimant, where the claimant has a partner, it shall not apply to their partner except where, and to the extent that, the earnings of the claimant which are to be disregarded under this paragraph are less than the amount specified in sub-paragraph (2).2 Where the claimant—a is a single claimant who—i has not attained the age of 25 years, £61.41;ii has attained the age of 25 years, £77.73;b is a lone parent who—i has not attained the age of 25 years, £61.41;ii has attained the age of 25 years, £77.73;c has a partner, where—i the claimant and their partner have not attained the age of 18 years, £97.33;ii the claimant or their partner has attained the age of 18 years but the claimant and their partner have not attained the age of 25 years, £61.53;iii the claimant or their partner has attained the age of 25 years, £119.70.”
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