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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-executive-determinations-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-executive-determinations-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/100",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-executive-determinations-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n...\n“broad rental market area” has the meaning specified in paragraph 4 of the Schedule;\n“broad rental market area determination” means a determination made in accordance with regulation 3(1);\n“dwelling” means any residential accommodation whether or not consisting of the whole or part of a building and whether or not comprising separate and self-contained premises;\n“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 ;\n“the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 ;\n“local housing allowance determination” means a determination made in accordance with regulation 3(2);\n“rent” means any of the periodical payments referred to in regulation 13(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 13(1) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations;\n“tenancy” includes—\n(a)a licence; and\n(b)a prospective tenancy or licence, and\nreferences to a tenant or any other expression appropriate to a tenancy shall be construed accordingly;\n“uncontrolled tenancy” means a tenancy which is not a controlled tenancy within the meaning of Article 40(4) of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 or a secure tenancy within the meaning of Article 25 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 ;\n“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day which is a public holiday in Northern Ireland.\n(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) omitted (1.9.2013) by virtue of The Housing Benefit (Executive Determinations) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/209), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.R. 2006 No. 405; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2008 No. 101"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.R. 2006 No. 406; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2008 No. 102"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/1118 (N.I. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/100/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:37:24.737408+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}