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PART 3 N.I.Entitlement

EntitlementN.I.

10.—(1) Subject to the provisions of these regulations, a person is entitled to rate relief if at the relevant date—

(a)he is liable for rates in respect of a dwelling in Northern Ireland which he occupies as his home and remains so liable;

(b)he has eligible rates calculated in accordance with regulation 11;

(c)subject to [F1paragraphs (2) and (2A)] he is not entitled to housing benefit;

[F2(d)he has an award of universal credit and that award continues; and]

(e)either, for the attribution period—

(i)his income does not exceed the maximum amount; or

(ii)his income exceeds that amount, but only by so much that there is an amount remaining if the deduction for which paragraph (3)(b) provides is made.

(2) Where Part 10 of these regulations applies and entitlement to housing benefit is only by virtue of regulation 3(2)(a) of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 M1 (housing benefit in respect of specified accommodation [F3or temporary accommodation] ) then if the claimant is otherwise entitled to rate relief he shall be entitled to rate relief for the other dwelling occupied as his home as if the claimant was not in such specified accommodation [F3or temporary accommodation] , or entitled to housing benefit in respect of it, for the purposes of those regulations.

[F4(2A) Where regulation 6(2A) of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 applies, rate relief shall be calculated as if the award of housing benefit in the form of a rent rebate or allowance terminated at the same time as housing benefit in the form of a rate rebate for the same property in accordance with regulation 6(2) of those regulations.]

[F5(2B) Where regulation 47(1)(a) of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations applies, rate relief shall be calculated as if the award of housing benefit in the form of a rent rebate terminated on the day before the deadline day as determined in accordance with regulation 45 of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations.]

(3) Where a person is entitled to rate relief, then—

(a)if his income does not exceed the maximum amount, the amount of the rate relief shall be the amount which is the appropriate eligible rates in his case; and

(b)if his income exceeds the maximum amount, the amount of the rate relief shall be what remains after the deduction from the appropriate eligible rates of 15 per cent, of the excess of his income over the maximum amount.

(4) Where the relevant authority receives information from the Department for Communities that information shall be accepted without seeking verification from other sources.

(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (4) a relevant authority may delay making a decision in relation to rate relief if an issue arises as to whether the universal credit information is correct [F6pending confirmation from the Department for Communities] .

(6) [F7For the purposes of these regulations] “universal credit award” shall include payments on account made to the claimant in accordance with Part 2 of the Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 M2 as if universal credit was awarded without the application of that Part and—

(a)shall exclude any payment made under—

(i)Part 3 of the Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 [F8or regulation 17 of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (advances)] ;

[F9(ii)regulations 53 to 58, and 64 of and schedule 2 to the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (transitional protection element);]

(iii)Part 8, Chapter 3 of the Universal Credit Regulations (hardship payment);

(iv)payments made in accordance with Article 137 of the Welfare Reform Order (payments to persons suffering financial disadvantage);

(b)where deductions are made in accordance with—

(i)Part 8, Chapter 2 of the Universal Credit Regulations (sanctions);

(ii)Part 5 of the Social Security (Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 M3 (recovery of overpayments);

(iii)The Social Security (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 M4 [F10, regulations 96 to 104 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and regulations 77 to 85 of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006] ;

(iv)regulation 8 of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations F11... (treatment of overpayments);

(v)section 69ZH of the Administration Act (recovery of hardship payments);

(vi)regulation 55, of and Schedules 5 and 6 of the [F12Universal Credit (Claims and Payments) Regulations] M5 (deduction from benefit and direct payment to third parties and in respect of child support maintenance and payment to persons with care) [F13as modified by regulation 18 of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations] ;

(vii)the Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 M6;

(viii)the Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (recovery of payments) M7,

the award shall be as if these deductions had not been made; and

(c)where deductions are made in accordance with Article 101 of the Welfare Reform Order (the benefit cap) [F14as modified by regulations 6B(a) and 7 of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions)] the award shall be the award after this deduction has been made.

[F15(7) Subject to paragraph (8) [F16for the purposes of these regulations] “income” means—

(a)income as assessed for universal credit in accordance with Part 6, Chapters 2 and 3 of the Universal Credit Regulations as adjusted by regulation 29(7) [F17and as modified by regulation 6B of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provision) Regulations] , that was applied to the universal credit award extant on the relevant date with the following modifications—

(i)income from earnings shall be adjusted to the net earnings as assessed for universal credit in accordance with Part 6, Chapter 2 of the Universal Credit Regulations [F18as modified by regulation 3A of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations] less—

(aa)any payment in lieu of holiday pay where holidays are not taken;

(bb)any payment in lieu of notice where notice has not been worked; and

(cc)half of the universal credit work allowance determined in accordance with regulation 23(2) of the Universal Credit Regulations;

(ii)where the total amount to be deducted in accordance with sub paragraph (a)(i)(aa) to (cc) exceeds the amount of net earnings only the amount equivalent to the net earnings shall be deducted;

plus

(b)the amount of the universal credit award in accordance with paragraph (6) at the relevant date.

(8) Paragraph (7)(a)(i)(aa) and (bb) shall only apply where the claimant provides such appropriate evidence as the relevant authority may require.]

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Eligible ratesN.I.

11.—(1) Subject to these regulations, and any apportionment in accordance with Article 19 of the 1977 Order, the eligible rates shall be the amount of the payments by way of rates payable in respect of the hereditament occupied as his home.

(2) Where a rateable unit consists partly of a hereditament in the capital list and partly of a hereditament in the NAV list, only such proportion of the rates payable for the part of the hereditament in the capital value list shall count as the appropriate eligible rates for the purpose of these regulations.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4) where more than one person is liable to make payments by way of rates in respect of a dwelling, the rates payable in respect of that dwelling shall be apportioned by the relevant authority for the purposes of calculating the appropriate eligible rates for each such person having regard to all circumstances, in particular the number of such persons and the proportion of rates paid by each such person.

(4) For the purpose of these regulations a person shall be treated as if he were not liable for rates where—

(a)he or his partner is a close relative of the owner or landlord of the dwelling where the owner or landlord also resides in that dwelling;

(b)he is in—

(i)a residential care home;

(ii)a nursing home; or

(iii)independent hospital;

(c)the relevant authority is satisfied that the liability was created to take advantage of the rate relief scheme in these regulations.

(5) The total eligible rates, whether applicable to one or more person in respect of the same dwelling cannot exceed the rates chargeable for that dwelling in accordance with the 1977 Order.

Calculation of eligible rates amount for the attribution periodN.I.

12.—(1) Subject to regulations 11, 13 and 14, a claimant's entitlement to rate relief in any attribution period shall be calculated in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) The amount of eligible rates for the attribution period shall be—

(a)where rates are charged—

(i)for a full year by dividing the annual rates chargeable by 12.

(ii)for only part of the year by dividing the rates chargeable for that portion of the year by the number equal to the number of days in that portion, multiplying by the number of days in that year and dividing by 12.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), where the application of this regulation results in a shortfall or surplus amount of rate relief compared to the rates liability for the dwelling occupied as the home for the period that the claimant occupies the same dwelling within any year and is entitled to rate relief for the whole of that period, the amount of rate relief payable in the attribution period that includes the—

(a)31st March; or

(b)the date that the claimant's rates liability for that dwelling ends,

shall be adjusted so that the rate relief payable for that dwelling within that year for the period that rate relief is payable corresponds with the claimant's rates liability on that dwelling for that period.

(4) Paragraph (3) shall only apply where regulation 10(3)(a) applies for the whole of that period.

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