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The Rate Relief (Lone Pensioner Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2022 No. 90

Rates

The Rate Relief (Lone Pensioner Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

Made

9th March 2022

Coming into operation

1st April 2022

The Department of Finance(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 30A of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977(2).

Citation and Commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Rate Relief (Lone Pensioner Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2022.

Amendment of the Rate Relief (Lone Pensioner Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

2.—(1) The Rate Relief (Lone Pensioner Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(3) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In Paragraph 1(3)(b) of the Schedule after “section 72(4) of that Act” add “or the daily living component of personal independence payment at the enhanced rate in accordance with Article 83(2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 9th March 2022

(L.S.)

Sharon Magee

A senior officer of the Department of Finance

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations amend paragraph 1(3)(b) of the Schedule to the Rate Relief (Lone Pensioner Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 to insert an appropriate reference to personal independence payment where there is a reference to the equivalent disability living allowance award.

(1)

The Department of Finance and Personnel was renamed the Department of Finance by section 1(4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.)

(2)

S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28); Article 30A was inserted by Article 14 of The Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2954 (N.I. 18) and amended by Article 134 of The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1))

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