The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Prospective

9.  Where a person on income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is awarded housing benefit, the decision notice shall include a statement as to—N.I.

(a)his weekly eligible rates, if any;

(b)his weekly eligible rent, if any;

(c)the amount and an explanation of any deduction made under paragraph 6(2) or (3) of Schedule 1, if any, and that the deduction may be varied if he provides to the authority evidence on which it may estimate the actual or approximate amount of that service charge;

(d)the amount of and the category of non-dependant deductions made under regulation 72, if any;

(e)the normal weekly amount of rent allowance, or rent rebate or rate rebate, as the case may be, to which he is entitled;

(f)in the case of a rent allowance and a rate rebate paid as if it were a rent allowance, the day of payment, and the period in respect of which payment of that allowance is to be made;

(g)the first day of entitlement to an allowance or rebate; and

(h)his duty to notify any change of circumstances which might affect his entitlement to, or the amount of, housing benefit and (without prejudice to the extent of the duty owed under regulation 84) the kind of change of circumstances which is to be notified, either upon the notice or by reference to some other document available to him on application and without charge.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 10 para. 9 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)