Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Executive Determinations) Regulations2
In the Schedule to the Housing Benefit (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20085 (broad rental market area determinations and local housing allowance determinations)—
a
in paragraph 26 (local housing allowance for category of dwelling in paragraph 1)—
i
omit sub-paragraph (2) and (9)7;
ii
for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—
3
For all broad rental market areas the local housing allowance for a category of dwelling is—
a
the local housing allowance determined for that category of dwelling on 30th January 2015 (or, where the determination is amended under regulation 14F of the Housing Benefit Regulations8 the allowance provided for in the amended determination); or
b
the rent at the 30th percentile determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) to (8), where that rent is lower than the allowance referred to in paragraph (a),
b
omit paragraph 69.