The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010
These Regulations amend the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 to provide that, where payments of mortgage interest are deducted from income support, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, the guarantee credit element or savings credit element of state pension credit or an income-related employment and support allowance and paid to a qualifying lender, any amount paid in excess of the borrower’s actual mortgage interest liability shall be applied first to pay off any arrears of mortgage interest and then to repay the principal sum of that mortgage or any other liability to the qualifying lender in respect of that mortgage.