The Housing Benefit (Local Housing Allowance) (Miscellaneous and Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Amendment of the Consequential Provisions Regulations

6.  In Schedule 3 to the Consequential Provisions Regulations(1) (transitional and savings provisions)—

(a) in paragraph 4—

(i) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) Sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall not apply to—

(a) any determination of a person’s eligible rent in a case where the Executive is required to determine a maximum rent (LHA) by virtue of regulation 14C of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 14C of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations; or

(b) any subsequent determination of his eligible rent.”, and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (9)—

(aa) before the definition of “exempt accommodation” insert—

““eligible rent” means, as the case may require, an eligible rent determined in accordance with—

(a)

regulations 13A (eligible rent), 13B (eligible rent and maximum rent), 13C (eligible rent and maximum rent (LHA)); or

(b)

regulations 13 (rent) and 14 (restrictions on unreasonable payments) as set out in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Consequential Provisions Regulations in a case to which paragraph 4 of that Schedule applies;”; and

(bb) after the definition of “previous beneficiary” insert—

““relevant authority” means an authority administering housing benefit;”; and

(b) in paragraph 8—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1) for “amendments” substitute “amendment”, and

(ii) for sub-paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) In paragraph (3) of regulation 14 at the end add “plus 50 per cent. of the amount by which the claim-related rent exceeds the local reference rent”.”.

(1)

To which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations