The Rate Relief (General) 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

      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 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 Students

   1. 21. Modification of Part VII

9. PART 8 Amount of rate relief

   1. 22. Modification of Part VIII and Schedules 8 and 9

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

    1. 23. Calculation of weekly amount of rate relief

    2. 24. Modification of Part IX

    3. 25. Date on which entitlement is to commence

11. PART 10 Claims

    1. 26. Modification of Part X and Schedule 11

    2. 27. Making a claim for rate relief

    3. 28. Claims in advance for rate relief

    4. 29. Entitlement dependent on claim

12. PART 11 Decisions on questions

    1. 30. Modification of Part XI and Schedule 10

13. PART 12 Payments

    1. 31. Modification of Part XII

14. PART 13 Overpayments

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

    2. 33. Modification of Part XIII

    3. 34. Destination of repayments, etc.

15. PART 14 Supply of Information

    1. 35. Supply of information

    2. 36. Sharing of information

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

    4. 38. Supply of information to the Executive

    5. 39. Supply of information by the Executive

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

16. PART 15 Decisions, Revisions and Appeals

    1. 41. Modification of the 2000 Act

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

    3. 43. Modification of the Decisions and Appeals Regulations

    4. 44. Modification of the Commissioner Procedures Regulations

17. PART 16 Enforcement

    1. 45. Authorisations for investigators

    2. 46. Provision of information

    3. 47. Authorisations by Housing Executive

    4. 48. Delay, obstruction etc. of inspector

    5. 49. False representations for obtaining relief

    6. 50. Breach of regulations

    7. 51. Penalty as alternative to prosecution

    8. 52. Notice

    9. 53. Legal proceedings

    10. 54. Interpretation of enforcement provisions

18. PART 17 Rate Relief Finance

    1. 55. Rate relief finance

    2. 56. Claims for finance etc.

    3. 57. Persons to report on administration

    4. 58. Powers of investigation

    5. 59. Reports

    6. Directions by Department

       1. 60. Directions

       2. 61. Information about attainment of standards

       3. 62. Enforcement notices

       4. 63. Enforcement determination

       5. 64. Enforcement determination: Supplementary

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

19. PART 18 Payment of travelling expenses by Department

    1. 66. Payment of travelling expenses by Department

20. Signature

21. Explanatory Note