{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/405",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Decisions",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (3), in respect of a claim for rent allowance where a maximum rent (LHA) does not fall to be determined under regulation 14C the Executive shall—\n(a) make the decision in accordance with Part I of Schedule 2; and\n(b) comply with Part II of Schedule 2 when making the decision.\n(2) The Executive, on the first working day of each month, shall—\n(a) make a decision in accordance with Part III of Schedule 2; and\n(b) comply with paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 2 when making the decision.\n(3) No decision shall be made—\n(a) under paragraph 3, 4 or 5 of Schedule 2 if the tenancy is of residential accommodation, within the meaning of regulation 9(4), or in a hostel;\n(b) for a tenancy under Schedule 3; or\n(c) under paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 unless the Executive is satisfied that the claimant is, or may be, a young individual.\n(4) This regulation shall apply as specified in Part V of Schedule 2 in relation to—\n(a) mooring charges payable for a houseboat;\n(b) payments in respect of the site on which a caravan or a mobile home stands; or\n(c) payments under a rental purchase agreement.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 15(1) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4) of the amending Rule) by The Housing Benefit (Local Housing Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/101), regs. 1(1), 2(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:38:14.194536+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."
}