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3.—(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).
(2) In regulation 9(1)(h) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as not liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling) after “the liability” insert “in respect of rent”.
(3) In regulation 13(2) (rent)—
(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (b) omit “and”; and
(b)after sub-paragraph (c) add—
“and
(d)payments by a person in respect of a dwelling where his partner is an owner of that dwelling.”.
(4) In regulation 14(15) (maximum rent)—
(a)after “claimant” insert “, or the claimant’s partner,”; and
(b)for “his” substitute “the claimant’s”.
(5) In Schedule 2 (decisions of rent payable) in paragraph 15 in the definition of “uncontrolled tenancy” for “protected or statutory tenancy within the meaning of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978” substitute “controlled tenancy within the meaning of Article 40(4) of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006(2)”.
(6) In Schedule 3 (excluded tenancies) in paragraph 4 for “protected or statutory tenancy within the meaning of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978” substitute “controlled tenancy within the meaning of Article 40(4) of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006”.
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