# The Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 4: Amendment of regulation 11 of the principal Regulations

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

In regulation 11 of the principal Regulations (maximum rent) —
(a) in paragraph (2) after “local reference rent” there shall be inserted “or a single room rent”;
(b) after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(3A) In the case of a young individual, where the Executive has determined a single room rent, the maximum rent shall not exceed that single room rent.”;
(c) in paragraph (4) for “limit specified in paragraph (3)” there shall be substituted “limits specified in paragraphs (3) and (3A)”;
(d) in paragraph (5) for “limit specified in paragraph (3)” there shall be substituted “limits specified in paragraphs (3) and (3A)”;
(e) in paragraph (11) at the end there shall be added “except in a case where the maximum rent has been determined in accordance with paragraph (3A)”;
(f) in paragraph (16) after the definition of “relevant rent” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““single room rent” means the rent determined by the Executive under paragraph 4A of Schedule 1A;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/181/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-4
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