Regulation 3 The offer of loan payments

Northern Ireland

(1)

The Department may make an offer of loan payments to a claimant in respect of any owner-occupier payments the claimant is, or is to be treated as, F1... liable to make in respect of the accommodation which the claimant is, or is to be treated as, occupying as the claimant's homeF2....

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

(a)

owner-occupier payments are—

(i)

in the case of a legacy benefit claimant or SPC claimant, payments within the meaning of Part 1 (legacy benefit claimants and SPC claimants) of Schedule 1 (meaning of owner-occupier payments),

(ii)

in the case of a UC claimant, payments within the meaning of Part 2 (UC claimants) of Schedule 1;

(b)

the circumstances in which a claimant is, or is to be treated as, F3... liable to make owner-occupier payments are—

(i)

in the case of a legacy benefit claimant or SPC claimant, the circumstances specified in Part 1 (legacy benefit claimants and SPC claimants) of Schedule 2 (circumstances in which claimant is, or is to be treated as, liable to make owner-occupier payments),

(ii)

in the case of a UC claimant, the circumstances specified in Part 2 (UC claimants) of Schedule 2;

(c)

the circumstances in which a claimant is, or is to be treated as, occupying accommodation as the claimant's home are—

(i)

in the case of a legacy benefit claimant or SPC claimant, the circumstances specified in Part 2 (legacy benefit claimants and SPC claimants) of Schedule 3 (circumstances in which a claimant is, or is to be, treated as occupying accommodation),

(ii)

in the case of a UC claimant, the circumstances specified in Part 3 (UC claimants) of Schedule 3 (circumstances in which a claimant is, or is to be, treated as occupying accommodation).

(3)

Where the liability for owner-occupier payments is shared with a person not in the benefit unit, the claimant shall be, or shall be treated as, liable to make owner-occupier payments by reference to the appropriate proportion of the payments for which the claimant is responsible.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 3(1) omitted (6.4.2018) by virtue of The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/37), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)
F2: Words in reg. 3(1) omitted (3.4.2023) by virtue of The Loans for Mortgage Interest (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/31), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)
F3: Word in reg. 3(2)(b) omitted (6.4.2018) by virtue of The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/37), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)
F4: Reg. 3(4) omitted (3.4.2023) by virtue of The Loans for Mortgage Interest (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/31), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)