Regulation 3 Amendment of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

(1)

The Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007^f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (9).

(2)

Omit regulation 2(1)(f).

(3)

For regulation 3(a)(iv)(aa) substitute—

“(aa)
after “regulation 9” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 11”;”.

(4)

In regulation 19—

(a)

for paragraph (1)(h) substitute—

“(h)
as if in regulation 27—

(i)
in—
(aa)
paragraph (1)(g) after “Schedule 7” there were inserted “to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 19”;

(bb)
paragraph (2) after “regulation 42(2)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 19”;

(ii)
in paragraph (1) after sub-paragraph (h) there were inserted—

“(ha)
any payment of rate relief,”;”;

(b)

in—

(i)

paragraph (1)(r)(ii); and

(ii)

paragraph (1)(r)(iii)(bb),

for “sub-paragraph (c)” substitute “sub-paragraph (d)” and for ““(d)” substitute ““(e)”;

(c)

omit paragraph (3)(e).

(5)

Omit regulation 21(1)(d) and (2).

(6)

Omit regulation 23(g)(vi).

(7)

Omit regulation 25(1)(d)(ii).

(8)

In regulation 29—

(a)

for paragraph (1)(a) substitute—

“(a)
as if in regulation 66(2) after “and 63” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these regulations by regulation 25”;”;

(b)

after paragraph (2)(e)(ii) insert—

“(iii)
in sub-paragraph (3) after “regulation 51” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these regulations by regulation 21”;”.

(9)

In regulation 30—

(a)

omit paragraph (c);

(b)

in paragraph (i)(ii)(bb) for “or 93” there were substituted “or 74”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 2007 No. 203 as amended by S.R. 2007 No. 244, S.R. 2008 No. 68 and S.R. 2009 No. 339