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Paragraph 5 Apportionment of housing costsI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

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(1)

Where for the purposes of Article 4 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977f1, it appears to the Department of the Environment, or it is deemed in pursuance of paragraphs 2 to 4 of that Schedule that the hereditament includes the home and that only a proportion of the rateable value of the hereditament is attributable to use for the purpose of a private dwelling, the amounts applicable under this Schedule shall be such proportion of the amounts applicable in respect of the hereditament or premises as a whole as is equal to the proportion of the rateable value of the hereditament attributable to the part of the hereditament used for the purposes of a private tenancy.

(2)

Where responsibility for expenditure which relates to housing costs met under this Schedule is shared, the amounts applicable shall be calculated by reference to the appropriate proportion of that expenditure for which the claimant is responsible.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 para. 5 in operation at 7.10.1996, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28)