Local housing allowance determinationsN.I.
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4.—(1) In 2017 and in each subsequent year, on the last working day of January [and also the 31st March 2020], the Executive shall for each broad rental market area determine, in accordance with Schedule 1, a local housing allowance for each of the categories of dwelling set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1.
(2) The Executive must notify the Department of the determination for each area.
(3) Any local housing allowance determination made in accordance with paragraph (1) is to take effect—
(a)in the case of a person with an existing universal credit entitlement—
(i)on the relevant Monday where that is the first day of an assessment period for that person, or
(ii)where the relevant Monday is not the first day of an assessment period for that person, on the first day of the next assessment period following that, or
(b)in any other case, on the relevant Monday.
[(3A) The determinations made in accordance with paragraph (1) on 31st March 2020 shall take effect (under paragraph (3)) in place of the determinations made in accordance with paragraph (1) on the 31st January 2020.]
(4) For the purposes of this regulation—
“a person with an existing universal credit entitlement” means a person who is entitled to universal credit on the relevant Monday;
“relevant Monday” means the first Monday in the first tax year that commences following the day on which the determination is made;
“tax year” means a period beginning with 6th April in one year and ending with 5th April in the next.
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