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2.—(1) The Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph.
(2) In regulation 68 (date on which change of circumstances is to take effect) –
(a)in paragraph (1)(2) –
(i)“either” shall be omitted,
(ii)for “paragraphs (2) to (8)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (1A) to (8)”.
(b)After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph –
“(1A) Where –
(a)the change of circumstances in question is –
(i)the commencement of entitlement to a working tax credit or a child tax credit under the Tax Credits Act 2002(3) on 6th April 2003, or
(ii)the end, on 7th April 2003, of a period for which an award of a working families' tax credit or a disabled person’s tax credit is payable, and
(b)that change of circumstances would not, but for this paragraph, take effect on 7th April 2003,
that change of circumstances shall take effect on 7th April 2003.”.
S.R. 1987 No. 461; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 334, S.R. 1999 No. 416, S.R. 2001 No. 215 and S.R. 2003 No. 80
Paragraph (1) was amended by regulation 6(a) of S.R. 1999 No. 416 and regulation 8(a)(i) of S.R. 2001 No. 215
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