EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (“the UC Executive Determinations Regulations”) to make changes to the manner in which the local housing allowance is determined.
Regulation 2 amends those Regulations by substituting tables that provide that, for dwellings in specified categories in specified broad rental market areas, the local housing allowance is the lower of (a) the rent as last determined plus 3% and (b) the maximum allowance applicable to the dwelling, as specified in the table inserted by these Regulations.
For other dwellings the local housing allowance is the lower of the rent as last determined and the rent at the 30th percentile, determined in accordance with the UC Executive Determinations Regulations.
Regulation 2 also amends the UC Executive Determinations Regulations so that any changes to a broad rental market area made as a result of a broad rental market area determination take effect on the relevant Monday as defined in the UC Executive Determinations Regulations.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.