Paragraph 7 F1

The Claims and Payments Regulations are amended as follows—

(a)

omit regulations 34ZA and 34ZB;

(b)

in regulation 34A(1) omit “Except as provided for in regulation 34ZA and Schedule 8B,”;

(c)

In Schedule 8A—

(i)

in paragraph 1(1), omit the definition of “mortgage payment”,

(ii)

in paragraph 3—

(aa)

omit sub-paragraph (2)(b)(i);

(bb)

in sub-paragraph (2)(b)(ii), for “for any other housing item” substitute “for any housing item”;

(cc)

in sub-paragraph (2A)(b) omit “4(8) or (11) or”, “5(9) or (12) or” and “6(10) or (13) or” in each place where these words occur;

(dd)

for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3)
Sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply to any debt which is for any item of housing costs and is less than half the annual amount due to be paid by the beneficiary or his partner in respect of that item, unless, in the opinion of the Department it is in the overriding interests of the family that paragraph (1) should apply.”;

(ee)

omit sub-paragraphs (4) and (5),

(iii)

in paragraph 9, omit sub-paragraph (2); and

(d)

omit Schedule 8B.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 5 paras. 7-12 added (5.4.2018) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/37), regs. 1(3), 2(18)(e)

Notes on Part 1

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 5 inserted (5.4.2018) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/37), regs. 1(3), 2(18)(a)