Reg. 3(2A) inserted (coming into operation in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.R.) by The Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/144), regs. 1, 2(2)

Word in reg. 3(2A) substituted (30.1.2020) by The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/14), regs. 1(1), 3(2)

Reg. 3(6)(b) substituted (31.1.2022) by The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/15), regs. 1(1), 3

Reg. 3(8) inserted (2.4.2018) by The Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/36), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)

Words in reg. 4(1) inserted (30.3.2020) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/53), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a)(i)

Reg. 4(3A) inserted (30.3.2020) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/53), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a)(ii)

Reg. 4 modified (6.4.2020) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Amendment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/61), regs. 1, 2(2)

S.R. 2016 No. 216.

S.I. 1983/1118 (N.I. 15).

S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10).

1954 c. 33 (N.I.).

S.R. 2008 No. 100.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/222/body/2022-01-31The Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016texttext/xmlenHOUSINGStatute Law Database2024-04-30Expert Participation2022-01-31These Regulations confer functions on the Executive in connection with universal credit.Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and come into operation immediately after the coming into operation of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.

Interpretation2.(1)

In these Regulations—

the Universal Credit Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016;

the Welfare Reform Order” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;

assessment period” has the same meaning as in Article 46 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;

broad rental market area” has the meaning given in regulation 3(3);

broad rental market area determination” means a determination made in accordance with regulation 3;

the Department” means the Department for Social Development;

dwelling” means any residential accommodation whether or not consisting of the whole or part of a building and whether or not comprising separate and self-contained premises;

the Executive” means the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;

service charge payments” has the meaning specified in paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 (meaning of payments in respect of accommodation) to the Universal Credit Regulations;

tenancy” includes—

(a)

a licence; and

(b)

a prospective tenancy or licence, and

references to a tenant or any other expression appropriate to a tenancy shall be construed accordingly;

tenant” includes, where the tenant is a member of a couple within the meaning of Article 45 of the Welfare Reform Order, the other member of the couple;

uncontrolled tenancy” means a secure tenancy within the meaning of Article 25 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 or a tenancy which is not controlled within the meaning of Article 40(4) of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 ;

working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day which is a public holiday in Northern Ireland.

(2)

For the purposes of these Regulations and notwithstanding section 39(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 , where a period of time is expressed to begin on, or to be reckoned from, a particular day, that day shall be included in the period.

Broad rental market area determinations3.(1)

Broad rental market area determinations taking effect on the day on which these regulations come into force are determined in accordance with paragraph (7) and all other broad rental market area determinations are determined in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).

(2)

The Executive, at such times as it considers appropriate and if the Department agrees, shall—

(a)

determine one or more broad rental market areas, and

(b)

in respect of that broad rental market area, or those broad rental market areas, give to the Department a notice which identifies the areas and the postcodes contained within the broad rental market area (or each of them).

(2A)

The power in paragraph (2) is not limited by paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1.

(3)

A broad rental market area is an area within which a person could reasonably be expected to live having regard to facilities and services for the purposes of health, education, recreation, personal banking and shopping, taking account of the distance of travel, by public and private transport, to and from those facilities and services.

(4)

A broad rental market area must contain—

(a)

residential premises of a variety of types, including such premises held on a variety of tenures, and

(b)

sufficient privately rented residential premises to ensure that, in the Executive's opinion, the local housing allowance for the categories of dwelling in the area for which the Executive is required to determine a local housing allowance is representative of the rents that a landlord might reasonably expect to obtain in that area.

(5)

Every part of Northern Ireland must fall within a broad rental market area and a broad rental market area must not overlap with another broad rental market area.

(6)

Any broad rental market area determination made in accordance with paragraph (2) shall take effect—

(a)

on the day the determination is made for the purpose of enabling the Executive to determine a local housing allowance for that area, and

(b)

for all other purposes on the next relevant Monday following the day on which the determination is made.

(7)

For broad rental market area determinations that take effect on the day on which these regulations come into force, the Executive must use the broad rental market area determinations in accordance with regulation 3 and the Schedule to the Housing Benefit (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 that apply on that day.

(8)

“Relevant Monday” has the same meaning as in regulation 4(4).

Local housing allowance determinations4.(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.

Redeterminations5.(1)

Where the Executive has made a determination under regulation 3 or 4 (“the determination”) and it considers that there is an error in relation to that determination, the Executive must make a further determination (“a redetermination”).

(2)

The Executive must notify the Department of the redetermination.

(3)

Where the Executive makes a redetermination the Executive must do so in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations that applied to the determination and use the same information that was used for the determination except that, where the information used was incorrect or incomplete, the Executive must use the correct or complete information.

Means of giving notice6.

Any notice given by the Executive under these regulations may be given in writing or by electronic means unless the Department requests that notice is given in writing only.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Freud Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

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Reg. 3(2A) inserted (coming into operation in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.R.) by
<ref eId="crrhntol3-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2017/144">The Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/144)</ref>
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<ref eId="crrhntol3-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2017/144/regulation/1">regs. 1</ref>
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substituted (30.1.2020) by
<ref eId="crrjr0b23-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2020/14">The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/14)</ref>
,
<ref eId="crrjr0b23-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2020/14/regulation/1/1">regs. 1(1)</ref>
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S.R.
<ref eId="c00002" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukcm/2016/216">2016 No. 216</ref>
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<ref eId="c00003" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1983/1118">S.I. 1983/1118 (N.I. 15)</ref>
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<ref eId="c00004" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2006/1459">S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)</ref>
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S.R.
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<term refersTo="#term-the-welfare-reform-order" eId="term-the-welfare-reform-order">the Welfare Reform Order</term>
” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-assessment-period" eId="term-assessment-period">assessment period</term>
” has the same meaning as in Article 46 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-broad-rental-market-area" eId="term-broad-rental-market-area">broad rental market area</term>
” has the meaning given in regulation 3(3);
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-broad-rental-market-area-determination" eId="term-broad-rental-market-area-determination">broad rental market area determination</term>
” means a determination made in accordance with regulation 3;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-the-department" eId="term-the-department">the Department</term>
” means the Department for Social Development;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-dwelling" eId="term-dwelling">dwelling</term>
” means any residential accommodation whether or not consisting of the whole or part of a building and whether or not comprising separate and self-contained premises;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-the-executive" eId="term-the-executive">the Executive</term>
” means the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-service-charge-payments" eId="term-service-charge-payments">service charge payments</term>
” has the meaning specified in paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 (meaning of payments in respect of accommodation) to the Universal Credit Regulations;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<intro>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-tenancy" eId="term-tenancy">tenancy</term>
” includes—
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>a licence; and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>a prospective tenancy or licence, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>references to a tenant or any other expression appropriate to a tenancy shall be construed accordingly;</p>
</wrapUp>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-tenant" eId="term-tenant">tenant</term>
” includes, where the tenant is a member of a couple within the meaning of Article 45 of the Welfare Reform Order, the other member of the couple;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-uncontrolled-tenancy" eId="term-uncontrolled-tenancy">uncontrolled tenancy</term>
” means a secure tenancy within the meaning of Article 25 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983
<noteRef href="#c22828981" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
or a tenancy which is not controlled within the meaning of Article 40(4) of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006
<noteRef href="#c22828991" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-working-day" eId="term-working-day">working day</term>
” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day which is a public holiday in Northern Ireland.
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-2-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
For the purposes of these Regulations and notwithstanding section 39(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954
<noteRef href="#c22829001" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
, where a period of time is expressed to begin on, or to be reckoned from, a particular day, that day shall be included in the period.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-3">
<heading>Broad rental market area determinations</heading>
<num>3.</num>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Broad rental market area determinations taking effect on the day on which these regulations come into force are determined in accordance with paragraph (7) and all other broad rental market area determinations are determined in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>The Executive, at such times as it considers appropriate and if the Department agrees, shall—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-3-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>determine one or more broad rental market areas, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-3-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>in respect of that broad rental market area, or those broad rental market areas, give to the Department a notice which identifies the areas and the postcodes contained within the broad rental market area (or each of them).</p>
</content>
</level>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-2A">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-f6e8a5133c1d3370c09d0d2c7272ca76-1589364298642" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f6e8a5133c1d3370c09d0d2c7272ca76">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-f6e8a5133c1d3370c09d0d2c7272ca76" class="commentary"/>
(2A)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f6e8a5133c1d3370c09d0d2c7272ca76-1589364298642" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f6e8a5133c1d3370c09d0d2c7272ca76">The power in paragraph (2) is not limited by paragraph </ins>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-f6e8a5133c1d3370c09d0d2c7272ca76-1589364298642" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f6e8a5133c1d3370c09d0d2c7272ca76">
<ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-81bda9046594758992886278348e8e62-1589367818260" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-81bda9046594758992886278348e8e62">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-81bda9046594758992886278348e8e62" class="commentary"/>
2(2)
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-f6e8a5133c1d3370c09d0d2c7272ca76-1589364298642" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f6e8a5133c1d3370c09d0d2c7272ca76"> of Schedule 1.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>A broad rental market area is an area within which a person could reasonably be expected to live having regard to facilities and services for the purposes of health, education, recreation, personal banking and shopping, taking account of the distance of travel, by public and private transport, to and from those facilities and services.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<intro>
<p>A broad rental market area must contain—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-3-4-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>residential premises of a variety of types, including such premises held on a variety of tenures, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-3-4-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>sufficient privately rented residential premises to ensure that, in the Executive's opinion, the local housing allowance for the categories of dwelling in the area for which the Executive is required to determine a local housing allowance is representative of the rents that a landlord might reasonably expect to obtain in that area.</p>
</content>
</level>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<content>
<p>Every part of Northern Ireland must fall within a broad rental market area and a broad rental market area must not overlap with another broad rental market area.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-6">
<num>(6)</num>
<intro>
<p>Any broad rental market area determination made in accordance with paragraph (2) shall take effect—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-3-6-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>on the day the determination is made for the purpose of enabling the Executive to determine a local housing allowance for that area, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-3-6-b">
<num>
<ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-c391a6d2eaae4136b1b95d23e4552fae-1652369200604" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-c391a6d2eaae4136b1b95d23e4552fae">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-c391a6d2eaae4136b1b95d23e4552fae" class="commentary"/>
(b)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-c391a6d2eaae4136b1b95d23e4552fae-1652369200604" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-c391a6d2eaae4136b1b95d23e4552fae">for all other purposes on the next relevant Monday following the day on which the determination is made.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-7">
<num>(7)</num>
<content>
<p>
For broad rental market area determinations that take effect on the day on which these regulations come into force, the Executive must use the broad rental market area determinations in accordance with regulation 3 and the Schedule to the Housing Benefit (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
<noteRef href="#c22829011" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
that apply on that day.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-3-8">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-3bf1fb8b1b8603a218fc84a232097faf-1589365531162" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-3bf1fb8b1b8603a218fc84a232097faf">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-3bf1fb8b1b8603a218fc84a232097faf" class="commentary"/>
(8)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-3bf1fb8b1b8603a218fc84a232097faf-1589365531162" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-3bf1fb8b1b8603a218fc84a232097faf">“Relevant Monday” has the same meaning as in regulation 4(4).</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-4">
<heading>Local housing allowance determinations</heading>
<num>4.</num>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>
In 2017 and in each subsequent year, on the last working day of January
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-1c65876cfe4c9f6c18edc0313b6314db-1589369185368" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-1c65876cfe4c9f6c18edc0313b6314db">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-1c65876cfe4c9f6c18edc0313b6314db" class="commentary"/>
and also the 31st March 2020
</ins>
, 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.
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>The Executive must notify the Department of the determination for each area.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<intro>
<p>Any local housing allowance determination made in accordance with paragraph (1) is to take effect—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-4-3-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<intro>
<p>in the case of a person with an existing universal credit entitlement—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2" eId="regulation-4-3-a-i">
<num>(i)</num>
<content>
<p>on the relevant Monday where that is the first day of an assessment period for that person, or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2" eId="regulation-4-3-a-ii">
<num>(ii)</num>
<content>
<p>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</p>
</content>
</level>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="regulation-4-3-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>in any other case, on the relevant Monday.</p>
</content>
</level>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-3A">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-dc14d3d402980433a3bfd4ccccb9f350-1589369212315" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-dc14d3d402980433a3bfd4ccccb9f350">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-dc14d3d402980433a3bfd4ccccb9f350" class="commentary"/>
(3A)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-dc14d3d402980433a3bfd4ccccb9f350-1589369212315" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-dc14d3d402980433a3bfd4ccccb9f350">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.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-4-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of this regulation—</p>
</intro>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-a-person-with-an-existing-universal-credit-entitlement" eId="term-a-person-with-an-existing-universal-credit-entitlement">a person with an existing universal credit entitlement</term>
” means a person who is entitled to universal credit on the relevant Monday;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-relevant-monday" eId="term-relevant-monday">relevant Monday</term>
” means the first Monday in the first tax year that commences following the day on which the determination is made;
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="definition">
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-tax-year" eId="term-tax-year">tax year</term>
” means a period beginning with 6th April in one year and ending with 5th April in the next.
</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-5">
<heading>Redeterminations</heading>
<num>5.</num>
<paragraph eId="regulation-5-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Where the Executive has made a determination under regulation 3 or 4 (“the determination”) and it considers that there is an error in relation to that determination, the Executive must make a further determination (“a redetermination”).</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-5-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>The Executive must notify the Department of the redetermination.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="regulation-5-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>Where the Executive makes a redetermination the Executive must do so in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations that applied to the determination and use the same information that was used for the determination except that, where the information used was incorrect or incomplete, the Executive must use the correct or complete information.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="regulation" eId="regulation-6">
<heading>Means of giving notice</heading>
<num>6.</num>
<content>
<p>Any notice given by the Executive under these regulations may be given in writing or by electronic means unless the Department requests that notice is given in writing only.</p>
</content>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="signatures">
<hcontainer name="signatureBlock">
<content>
<p>Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions</p>
<block name="signature">
<signature refersTo="#">Freud</signature>
</block>
<block name="role">
<role refersTo="#"> Minister of State,</role>
</block>
<blockContainer class="address">
<p>
<location refersTo="#"> Department for Work and Pensions</location>
</p>
</blockContainer>
<block name="date">
<date date="2016-05-05"/>
</block>
</content>
</hcontainer>
</hcontainer>
</body>
</act>
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