# The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Paragraph 7: Ineligible charges and support charges

Extent: N.I.

(1) For the purposes of this paragraph, “ineligible charges” means service charges which are ineligible to be met by housing benefit by virtue of regulation 13A(2) and Schedule 1 except, in the case of a tenancy where the rent includes payments for board and attendance, and the Executive considers that a substantial part of the rent under the tenancy is fairly attributable to board and attendance, charges specified in paragraph 1(a)(i) of Schedule 1.
(2) When making a decision under paragraph 1, 2 or 3 of this Schedule, the Executive shall assume that the items to which the ineligible charges relate were not to be provided or made available.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/schedule/2/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-7
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