The Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Modification of regulations 3 to 6

   4. Arrangements for rate relief

      1. 4. Rate relief scheme

      2. 5. Arrangements for rate relief

3. PART 2 Provisions affecting entitlement to rate relief

   1. 7. Entitlement to rate relief

   2. Exclusions from rate relief

      1. 9. Exclusions from rate relief

      2. 11. Modification of Part II and Schedule A1

      3. 12. Modification of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

      4. 13. Modification of the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations

4. PART 3 Payments in respect of a hereditament

   1. 14. Modification of Part III

5. PART 4 Membership of a family

   1. 15. Modification of the Act

   2. 16. Modification of Part IV

6. PART 5 Applicable amounts

   1. 17. Modification of Part V and Schedule 4

7. PART 6 Assessment of income and capital

   1. 18. Modification of the Act

   2. 19. Modification of Part VI and Schedules 5, 6 and 7

   3. 20. Notional entitlement to housing benefit

8. PART 7 Amount of rate relief

   1. 21. Modification of Part VII and Schedule 8

9. PART 8 Calculation of weekly amounts and changes of circumstances

   1. 22. Calculation of weekly amount of rate relief

   2. 23. Modification of Part VIII

   3. 24. Date on which entitlement is to commence

10. PART 9 Claims

    1. 25. Modification of Part IX and Schedule 10

    2. 26. Making a claim for rate relief

    3. 27. Claims in advance for rate relief

    4. 28. Entitlement dependent on claim

11. PART 10 Decisions on questions

    1. 29. Modification of Part X and Schedule 9

12. PART 11 Payments

    1. 30. Modification of Part XI

13. PART 12 Overpayments

    1. 31. Application of section 73 of the Administration Act

    2. 32. Modification of Part XII

    3. 33. Destination of repayments, etc.

14. PART 13 Supply of Information

    1. 34. Supply of information

    2. 35. Sharing of information

    3. 36. Supply of government information for fraud prevention and verification

    4. 37. Supply of information to the Executive

    5. 38. Supply of information by the Executive

    6. 39. Unauthorised disclosure of information relating to particular persons

15. PART 14 Decisions, Revisions and Appeals

    1. 40. Modification of the 2000 Act

    2. 41. Modification of the Decisions and Appeals Regulations 1999

    3. 42. Modification of the Decisions and Appeals Regulations

    4. 43. Modification of the Commissioner Procedures Regulations

16. PART 15 Enforcement

    1. 44. Authorisations for investigators

    2. 45. Provision of information

    3. 46. Authorisations by Housing Executive

    4. 47. Delay, obstruction etc. of inspector

    5. 48. False representations for obtaining relief

    6. 49. Breach of regulations

    7. 50. Penalty as alternative to prosecution

    8. 51. Notice

    9. 52. Legal proceedings

    10. 53. Interpretation of enforcement provisions

17. PART 16 Rate Relief Finance

    1. 54. Rate relief finance

    2. 55. Claims for finance etc.

    3. 56. Persons to report on administration

    4. 57. Powers of investigation

    5. 58. Reports

    6. Directions by Department

       1. 59. Directions

       2. 60. Information about attainment of standards

       3. 61. Enforcement notices

       4. 62. Enforcement determination

       5. 63. Enforcement determination: Supplementary

       6. 64. Role of NIAO auditors in relation to rate relief

18. PART 17 Payment of travelling expenses by Department

    1. 65. Payment of travelling expenses by Department

19. Signature

20. Explanatory Note