The Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Modification of Part VII and Schedule 8N.I.

21.—(1) Part VII of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (amount of benefit) shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as it applies for the purposes of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations with the following modifications—

(a)as if for “housing benefit”, wherever it occurs, there were substituted “rate relief”;

(b)as if for “benefit week”, wherever it occurs, there were substituted “rate relief week”;

(c)as if for “dwelling”, wherever it occurs, there were substituted “hereditament”;

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(e)as if in regulation 48—

(i)paragraph (a) were omitted;

(ii)in paragraph (b) for “those regulations” there were substituted “regulations 59 and 60 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 23”;

(f)as if regulation 49 were omitted;

[F2(g)as if in regulation 50—

(i)in paragraph (1)(a) for “of those Regulations” there were substituted “as applied with modifications for the purposes of those Regulations by regulation 22 of the Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007”;

(ii)in paragraph (2)(a) after “of those Regulations” there were inserted “as applied with modifications for the purposes of the Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 by regulation 22 of those Regulations”;

(iii)in paragraph (2)(b) and (c) after “71” there were inserted “as applied with modifications for the purposes of the Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 by regulation 22 of those Regulations”;]

[F3(h)as if in regulation 51A(3)(b) “rent or” were omitted]

[F4(ha)as if in regulation 51B—

(i)in paragraph (1) after “51”, wherever it occurs, there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these regulations by regulation 21”;

(ii)in paragraph (2) “rent and”, wherever it occurs, is omitted;

(iii)in paragraph (3)(a) after “51(2)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these regulations by regulation 21”;

(iv)in paragraph (3)(b) “rent or” were omitted and after “59(4)(c)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these regulations by regulation 23”;

(v)in paragraph (4)(a) after “7(6)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these regulations by regulation 11”;

(vi)in paragraph (4)(b) “rent or” were omitted;

(vii)in paragraph (5) “rent and” were omitted and after “60(1)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these regulations by regulation 23”;

(hb)as if in regulation 51C—

(i)in paragraph (1) after “51(1)(b)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 21”;

(ii)in paragraph (2) after “51B(1)(a)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 21”;]

(i)as if regulation 52—

(i)in paragraph (2) for “Department” there were substituted “Department for Social Development”;

(ii)in paragraph (6) after “regulation 48” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 21”;

(j)as if in regulation 53—

(i)in paragraph (1)—

(aa)after “regulation 48” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 21”;

(bb)sub-paragraph (a)(i) and (b)(i) were omitted;

(cc)in sub-paragraphs (a)(ii) and (b)(ii) for “a rate rebate” there were substituted “rate relief”;

(ii)in paragraph (2)—

(aa)sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) were omitted;

(bb)in sub-paragraphs (f) to (h) for “a rate rebate” there were substituted “rate relief”;

(iii)in paragraph 6(a) after “Schedule 4” there were inserted “to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 17”;

(iv)in paragraph 7(f) after “regulation 7” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 11”;

(v)in paragraph (8)—

(aa)sub-paragraph (a) were omitted;

(bb)in sub-paragraph (b) for “rate rebate” there were substituted “rate relief”;

(vi)in paragraph 10(b) and (c)—

(aa)after “regulation 37 of the Housing Benefit Regulations”;

(bb)after “Schedule 6 to those Regulations”,

there were inserted “as applied with modification for the purposes of the Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 by regulation 19 of those Regulations”;

(k)as if regulation 54 were omitted.

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Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 21 in operation at 1.4.2007, see reg. 1(1)