Amendment to the Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) Regulations 20163.

(1)

The Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20166 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 3(2A)7 (broad rental market area determination) for “2(1A) or (1B)” substitute “2(2)”.

(3)

In Schedule 1 (local housing allowance determinations)—

(a)

in paragraph 2 (local housing allowance for category of accommodation in paragraph 1), for sub-paragraphs (1A), (1B), (2) and (2A) substitute—

“(2)

The local housing allowance for any category of accommodation is the lowest of—

(a)

the rent at the 30th percentile determined in accordance with paragraph 3;

(b)

the local housing allowance last determined for that category of accommodation (or, where the allowance is redetermined under regulation 5 (redeterminations), the allowance as so redetermined), increased by 1.7%; and

(c)

for a category of accommodation listed in column 1 of the following table, the amount listed in column 2 of that table (maximum local housing allowance)—

1. Category of accommodation specified as in paragraph 1

2. Maximum local housing allowance for that accommodation

paragraph 1(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)

£1,218.57

paragraph 1(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)

£1,218.57

paragraph 1(c) (two bedrooms)

£1,413.54

paragraph 1(d) (three bedrooms)

£1,657.25

paragraph 1(e) (four bedrooms)

£1,949.71”

; and

(b)

omit paragraph 58.