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F1Sch. 5 paras. 7-12 added (5.4.2018) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/37), regs. 1(3), 2(18)(e)
11. The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 are amended as follows—N.I.
(a)in regulation 1(2)—
(i)after the definition of “limited capability for work” insert—
““the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations” means the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017;”,
(ii)after the definition of “out of jurisdiction appeal” insert—
““owner-occupier loan payments” means loan payments made under the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations;
“owner-occupier payments” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations;”;
(b)in regulation 7—
(i)after paragraph (12) insert—
“(12A) Paragraph (12) applies where—
(a)the effect of a decision under Article 11 is that owner-occupier loan payments are to be made to a claimant in respect of the claimant’s liability to make owner-occupier payments; and
(b)that decision could not have been made earlier because information necessary to make that decision, requested otherwise than in accordance with paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (provision of information), had not been supplied to the Department by the lender.
(12B) Where a claimant is receiving owner-occupier loan payments and there is a reduction in the amount owing in connection with a qualifying loan or alternative finance arrangement (within the meaning in Schedule 1 to the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (meaning of owner-occupier payments)), a decision made under Article 11 takes effect—
(a)on the first anniversary of the date on which the claimant’s liability to make owner-occupier payments was first met by an owner-occupier loan payment; or
(b)where the reduction in the amount owing in connection with a qualifying loan or alternative finance arrangement occurred after the first anniversary of the date referred to in sub-paragraph (a), on the next anniversary of that date following the date of the reduction.
(12C) Where a claimant is receiving owner-occupier loan payments, an insurance payment deduction is made under regulation 14A(1) of the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (insurance payment deduction) in relation to any decision under Article 9 or 11 and there is a change in the amount of the owner-occupier payments payable—
(a)on a qualifying loan or alternative finance arrangement (within the meaning in Schedule 1 to the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (meaning of owner-occupier payments)) to which those payments relate; or
(b)on a loan or alternative finance arrangement not so qualifying which is secured on the dwelling occupied as the home to which those payments relate,
a decision under Article 11 which is made as a result of that change in the amount of the owner-occupier payments payable shall take effect on whichever of the dates referred to in paragraph (12D) is appropriate in the claimant’s case.
(12D) The date on which a decision under Article 11 takes effect for the purposes of paragraph (12C) is—
(a)the date on which the claimant’s liability to make owner-occupier payments is first met by an owner-occupier loan payment; or
(b)where the change in the amount of the owner-occupier payments payable occurred after the date referred to in sub-paragraph (a), on the date of the next alteration in the standard rate following the date of that change.
(12E) In paragraph (12D), “standard rate” has the same meaning as it has in regulation 13 of the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (standard rate to be applied under regulations 11 and 12).
(12F) Paragraph (12G) applies where—
(a)a claimant is awarded state pension credit;
(b)the claimant or the claimant’s partner has reached pensionable age (within the meaning in section 133(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act);
(c)the claimant is in receipt of owner-occupier loan payments; and
(d)after the date from which sub-paragraph (c) applies—
(i)a non-dependant (within the meaning in regulation 2(1) of the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations) begins to reside with the claimant, or
(ii)there has been a change of circumstances in respect of a non-dependant and this reduces the amount of the owner-occupier loan payments.
(12G) Where this paragraph applies, a decision made under Article 11 shall take effect—
(a)where there is more than one change of the kind specified in paragraph (12F)(d) in respect of the same non-dependant within the same 26 week period, 26 weeks after the date on which the first such change occurred; and
(b)in any other circumstances, 26 weeks after the date on which a change specified in paragraph (12F)(d) occurred.”;
(ii)omit paragraphs (13) to (17G) and (18) to (23);
(c)in regulation 13 for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) Where, for the purpose of a decision under Article 9 (decisions by the Department) or 11 (decisions superseding earlier decisions)—
(a)a determination falls to be made by the Department in respect of a claimant of income support, state pension credit or employment and support allowance as to—
(i)the amount to be included in an owner-occupier loan payment under regulation 10 (calculation of each loan payment) of the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations, or
(ii)what housing costs are to be included in the claimant’s applicable amount (in the case of income support or employment and support allowance) or the claimant’s appropriate minimum guarantee (in the case of state pension credit); and
(b)it appears to the Department that the Department is not in possession of all of the evidence or information which is relevant for the purposes of such a determination,
the Department shall make the determination on the assumption that the amounts to be included in an owner-occupier loan payment, the claimant’s applicable amount, or the claimant’s appropriate minimum guarantee, as the case may be, are those that can be immediately determined.”;
(d)in paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 for sub-paragraph (r) substitute—
“(r)regulation 17(1) (direct payments to qualifying lenders by the Department where specified circumstances met) of the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations;”.
12. In Schedule 3 (decisions against which no appeal lies), in paragraph 1 of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 omit sub-paragraph (o).]N.I.
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