The Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 No. 204

PART 9 N.I. Calculation of weekly amounts and changes of circumstances

Modification of Part IX N.I.

24.  Part IX of the Housing Benefit Regulations (calculation of weekly amounts and changes of circumstances) shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as it applies for the purposes of the Housing Benefit Regulations with the following modifications—

(a) as if for “dwelling” and “dwellings”, wherever they occur, there were substituted “hereditament” and “hereditaments” respectively;

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

(c) as if for “benefit week” and “benefit weeks”, wherever they occur, there were substituted “rate relief week” and “rate relief weeks” respectively;

(d) as if in regulation 74—

(i) in paragraph (1)—

(aa) for “paragraphs (2) and (3)” there were substituted “paragraph (2)”;

(bb) for “that benefit” there were substituted “rate relief”;

(ii) paragraph (3) were omitted;

(e) as if in regulation 77—

(i) in paragraph (1)—

(aa) after “regulation 31” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 19”;

(bb) after “Appeals Regulations” there were inserted “as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 43”;

(cc) after “regulation 78(6)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 24”;

(ii) in paragraphs (2) and (3) after “Appeals Regulations” there were inserted “as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 43”;

(iii) in paragraphs (3) and (4) after “regulation 7(6)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 11”;

(iv) in paragraph (5)—

(aa) after “regulation 78(6)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 24”;

(bb) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) for “rent” there were substituted “rates”;

(cc) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) for “78(2)(b) or (c)” there were substituted “78(3)(b) or (c) of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 24”;

(v) in paragraph (10) the words from “except in a case” to the end of that paragraph were omitted;

(vi) in paragraph (11) after “or (10)” there were inserted of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 11”;

(f) as if in regulation 78—

(i) “rent or”, wherever it occurs, were omitted;

(ii) paragraph 2 were omitted;

(iii) in paragraph (3)(a) for “paragraph (2)” there were substituted “regulation 78(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations”;

(iv) in paragraph (4)—

(aa) in sub-paragraph (a) after “or (3)”;

(bb) in sub-paragraph (b) after “or (11)”;

(cc) in sub-paragraph (c) after “77(2)” and “77(3)”,

there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 24”;

(v) in paragraph (5) after “Parts V to VIII” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulations 17, 19, 21 and 22”;

(vi) in paragraph (7) after “Schedule 9” there were inserted “to the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 22”;

(vii) in paragraph (9) “(2) or” were omitted;

(viii) in paragraph (10)—

(aa) for “benefit” there were substituted “rate relief”;

(bb) after “regulation 7(6)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 11”;

(g) as if in regulation 79—

(i) in the heading “Rent and” were omitted;

(ii) for “rent-free”, wherever it occurs, there were substituted “rate-free”;

(iii) in paragraph (1)—

(aa) “to pay rent or” and “made together with rent” were omitted;

(bb) after “regulation 8(1)(d)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 11”;

(iv) in paragraph (2)—

(aa) for “rent” there were substituted “rates”;

(bb) after “regulation 78(4)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 24”;

(v) in paragraph (3)(a)—

(aa) for “78(2)(a)” there were substituted “78(3)(a) of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 24”;

(bb) for “rent” there were substituted “rates”;

(vi) in paragraph (3)(b)—

(aa) for “78(2)(b) or (c)” there were substituted “78(3)(b) or (c) of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 24”;

(bb) for “rent” there were substituted “rates”;

(vii) in paragraph (4)—

(aa) after “or (6)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 24”;

(bb) for “rent-free” there were substituted “rate-free”;

(cc) “rent or” were omitted.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 24 in operation at 1.4.2007, see reg. 1(1)