The Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Modification of Part XI and Schedule 10

30.—(1) Part XI of the Housing Benefit Regulations (decisions on questions) shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as it applies for the purposes of the Housing Benefit Regulations with the following modifications—

(a) as if in regulation 85—

(i) in—

(aa) paragraph (2) after “and 82”;

(bb) in paragraph (3)(b) after “and (9)”,

there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 26”;

(ii) in paragraph (3)(a)—

(aa) after “Schedule 8” there were inserted “to the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 22”;

(bb) after “regulation 70(2)” and there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 22”;

(b) as if in regulation 86(1) at the end after “Schedule 10” there were inserted “to the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 30”.

(2) Schedule 10 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (matters to be included in decision notice) shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as it applies for the purposes of the Housing Benefit Regulations with the following modifications—

(a) as if for “housing benefit” and “rate rebate”, wherever they occur, there were substituted “rate relief”;

(b) as if after “Decisions and Appeal Regulations”, wherever it occurs, there were inserted “as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 43”;

(c) as if—

(i) in paragraph 1 after “86”;

(ii) in paragraph 2 after “86(2)”,

there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 30”;

(d) as if in paragraph 9—

(i) sub-paragraphs (b), (c) and (f) were omitted;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (d) after “regulation 72” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 22”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (e) for “rent allowance, or rent rebate or rate rebate, as the case may be,” there were substituted “rate relief”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (g) for “an allowance or rebate” there were substituted “rate relief”;

(v) in sub-paragraph (h) after “regulation 84” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 26”;

(e) as if—

(i) in paragraph 11 after “regulation 92 or 93”;

(ii) in paragraph 12 after “regulation 92”,

there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 31”;

(f) as if in paragraph 13 after “regulation 23” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 19”;

(g) if in paragraph 14(a)—

(i) for the words from “either” to “regulation 73,” there were substituted “on grounds of income”;

(ii) for head (i) there were substituted—

“(i) the matters set out in paragraph 9(a) and (d);”;

(iii) head (iii) were omitted;

(h) as if in paragraph 15—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1) after “regulation 97” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 33”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (1)(e) for “benefit weeks” there were substituted “rate relief weeks”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (1)(f) for the words from “a rent allowance” to “case may be,” there were substituted “rate relief”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (2)(c) for “a rent allowance” there were substituted “rate relief”.