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23. Part VIII of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) 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 (State Pension Credit) 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 55—
(i)in paragraph (1) for “that benefit” there were substituted “rate relief”;
(ii)paragraph (2)(b) were omitted;
(e)as if in regulation 57—
(i)in paragraph (1)—
(aa)after “regulation 32” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) 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 42”;
(cc)after “regulation 59(6)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 23”;
(ii)in paragraphs (2) and (3) after “Appeals Regulations” there were inserted “as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 42”;
(iii)in paragraphs (3) and (4) after “regulation 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”;
(iv)in paragraph (5)—
(aa)after “regulation 59(6)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 23”;
(bb)in sub-paragraph (a)(i) for “rent” there were substituted “rates”;
(cc)in sub-paragraph (a)(i) for “59(2)(b) or (c)” there were substituted “59(3)(b) or (c) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 23”;
(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”;
(vii)in paragraph (12) after “regulation 53” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 21”;
(f)as if in regulation 58—
(i)for “Department”, wherever it occurs, there were substituted “Department for Social Development”;
(ii)in paragraph (8) after “regulation 52” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 21”;
(iii)in paragraph (9)—
(aa)after “regulation 59(6)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 23”;
(bb)sub-paragraph (a)(i) were omitted;
(cc)in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) “in any other case,” were omitted;
(iv)in paragraph (10) after “regulation 25(1)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 19”;
(g)as if in regulation 59—
(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 59(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations”;
(iv)in paragraph (4)—
(aa)in sub-paragraph (a) after “regulation 55(2)”;
(bb)in sub-paragraph (b) after “or (11)”;
(cc)in sub-paragraph (c) after “57(2)” and “57(3)”,
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 (5) after “Parts V to VII” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulations 17, 19 and 21”;
(vi)in paragraph (8)—
(aa)in sub-paragraph (a) after “Housing Benefit Regulations” and “to 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”;
(bb)in sub-paragraph (b) for “to these Regulations” there were substituted “to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 21;”;
(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 (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 11”;
(h)as if in regulation 60—
(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 (State Pension Credit) 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 59(4)” 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 (3)(a)—
(aa)for “59(2)(a)” there were substituted “59(3)(a) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 23”;
(bb)for “rent” there were substituted “rates”;
(vi)in paragraph (3)(b)—
(aa)for “59(2)(b) or (c)” there were substituted “59(3)(b) or (c) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 23”;
(bb)for “rent” there were substituted “rates”;
(vii)in paragraph (4)—
(aa)after “or (6)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 23”;
(bb)for “rent-free” there were substituted “rate-free”;
(cc)“rent or” were omitted.
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