Regulation 8 Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations

In regulation 16 of the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (saving provision)^f1 after paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(5A)

The eligible rent of a person to whom regulation 7B (entitlement to housing benefit by refugees) of and Schedule A1 to the principal Regulations (treatment of claims for housing benefit by refugees) apply, shall be determined in accordance with regulations 10 (rent) and 11 (restrictions on unreasonable payments) of the principal Regulations as in operation on 1st April 1996.”.