# The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Paragraph 6: Claim-related rent

Extent: N.I.

(1) In this paragraph, “claim-related rent” means the claim-related rent decided by the Executive in accordance with paragraph (2A).
(2A) The Executive shall decide that the claim-related rent is—
(a) where it makes a decision under sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1, sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 2 and sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 3, the lowest of the 3 rents decided under those sub-paragraphs;
(b) where it makes a decision under only 2 of the sub-paragraphs referred to in head (a), the lower of the 2 rents decided under those sub-paragraphs;
(c) where it makes a decision under only one of the sub-paragraphs referred to in head (a), the rent decided under that sub-paragraph;
(d) where it does not make a decision under any of the sub-paragraphs referred to in head (a), the rent payable under the tenancy of the dwelling at the relevant time.
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(3) ... The Executive shall also decide the total amount of ineligible charges, as defined in paragraph 7, which it has not included in the claim-related rent because of the assumptions made in accordance with that paragraph.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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