The Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 No. 216

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Claimant treated as liable or not liable to make payments

PART 2 Treated as not liable to make payments

Liability to make owner-occupier and other payments to member of same household

8.—(1) A claimant is to be treated as not liable to make owner-occupier payments where the liability to make the payments is owed to a person who lives in the claimant’s household.

(2) A claimant who is treated under sub-paragraph (1) as not liable to make owner-occupier payments to any person is also to be treated as not liable to make service charge payments where the liability to make the service charge payments is to the same person.

(3) A claimant is to be treated as not liable to make service charge payments where—

(a) there is no liability to make rent payments or owner-occupier payments, but

(b) the liability to make service charge payments is to a person who lives in the claimant’s household.