The Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

PART 5 Applicable amounts

Modification of Part V and Schedule 4

17.—(1) Part V of the Housing Benefit Regulations (applicable amounts) 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 in regulation 20 after “Schedule A1” there were inserted “to the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulations 11, 17 and 24”;

(b) as if in regulations 20 and 21 after “Schedule 4”, wherever it occurs, there were inserted “to the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 17”;

(c) as if in regulation 21 after “Schedule A1” there were inserted “to the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulations 11 and 24”.

(2) Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (applicable amounts) 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 “housing benefit”, wherever it occurs, there were substituted “rate relief”;

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

(c) as if after “this Part”, wherever it occurs, there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 17”;

(d) as if in Part I—

(i) in paragraph 1 after “and (b)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 17”;

(ii) in paragraph 2(1) after “and 21(c)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 17”;

(e) as if in Part II in paragraph 3—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1) after “and 21(d)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 17”;

(ii) in sub-paragraphs (3)(b) and (5) after “79(1)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 24”;

(f) as if in Part III—

(i) in paragraph 4 after “and 21(e)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 17”;

(ii) in paragraph 11(3) (higher pensioner premium) for “that benefit”, in both places where it occurs, there were substituted “rate relief”;

(iii) in paragraph 15(2)(a) and (b) after “25(11)(e)” there were added “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 19”.