The Discretionary Financial Assistance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Amendment of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations

2.—(1) The Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 3 (circumstances in which discretionary housing payments may be made)—

(a) after paragraph (a)(2) insert—

“(aa) a liability to meet charges for water, sewerage or allied environmental services;”;

(b) in paragraph (d) for “Article 43(11)” substitute “Article 43(5)”; and

(c) after paragraph (i)(3) add—

“(j) a reduction in the amount of benefit due to recovery of an overpayment under Part XIII of the Housing Benefit Regulations or Part XII of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations.”.

(3) For regulation 5 (period for, or in respect of which, discretionary housing payments may be made) substitute—

“Period for, or in respect of which, discretionary housing payments may be made

5.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Housing Executive may restrict the period for or in respect of which discretionary housing payments may be made to such period as it considers appropriate in a particular class of case or the particular circumstances of a case.

(2) The Housing Executive may make discretionary housing payments to a person only in respect of a period during which that person is or was entitled to housing benefit.”.

(1)

S.R. 2001 No. 216; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2002 No. 80 and S.R. 2006 No. 407

(2)

Paragraph (a) was amended by paragraph 8(4)(i) of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2006 No. 407

(3)

Paragraph (i) was added by regulation 9 of S.R. 2002 No. 80