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The Rate Relief (Lone Pensioner Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

S.R. 2022/90 · Made 9 March 2022

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Rates

Made 9th March 2022

Coming into operation 1st April 2022

The Department of Financef1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 30A of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977f2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

The Department of Finance and Personnel was renamed the Department of Finance by section 1(4) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5 (N.I.)

f2

S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28); Article 30A was inserted by Article 14 of The Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/2954 (N.I. 18) and amended by Article 134 of The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1))

Contents

  1. 1Citation and Commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Rate Relief (Lone Pensioner Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and Commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Rate Relief (Lone Pensioner Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2022.

2Amendment of the Rate Relief (Lone Pensioner Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

(1)

The Rate Relief (Lone Pensioner Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008f1 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

In Paragraph 1(3)(b) of the Schedule after “section 72(4) of that Act” add “or the daily living component of personal independence payment at the enhanced rate in accordance with Article 83(2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 9th March 2022

(L.S.)

Sharon Magee

A senior officer of the Department of Finance

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations amend paragraph 1(3)(b) of the Schedule to the Rate Relief (Lone Pensioner Allowance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 to insert an appropriate reference to personal independence payment where there is a reference to the equivalent disability living allowance award.