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The Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

S.R. 2008/68 · Made 25 February 2008

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Rates

Made 25th February 2008

Coming into operation 1st April 2008

The Department of Finance and Personnel, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 30A of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977f1, makes the following Regulations.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

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)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to Part 6 of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
  3. 3Amendment to Part 6 of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
  4. 4Amendment to Part 6 of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
  5. 5Amendment to Part 9 of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
  6. 6Amendment to Part 9 of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
  7. Signature
  8. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2008.

2Amendment to Part 6 of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Part 6 of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007f1 (assessment of income and capital) shall be amended as provided by regulations 3 and 4.

3Amendment to Part 6 of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

In regulation 19(1)(f) after head (v) there shall be inserted—

“(vi)

in paragraphs (6), (8)(a) and (b), for “£16,000” there were substituted “£50,000”;”.

4Amendment to Part 6 of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

In regulation 19(1)(o) for “£16,000” substitute “£50,000”.

5Amendment to Part 9 of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Part 9 of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (claims) shall be amended as provided by regulation 6.

6Amendment to Part 9 of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

In regulation 25(1)—

(a)

after “Housing Benefit” where it first occurs there shall be inserted “(State Pension Credit)”; and

(b)

after sub-paragraph (g) there shall be inserted—

“(gg)

as if in regulation 65(5)(b) for “£16,000” there were substituted “£50,000”;”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 25th February 2008

L.S.

Brian McClure

A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (“the principal Regulations”) which provide for rate relief for claimants who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit provided the claimant or if he has a partner, the claimant’s partner, is not in receipt of income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance.

The Regulations amend the principal Regulations by increasing the capital limit, above which a person is not entitled to rate relief from £16,000 to £50,000 (regulations 2 and 4). Minor and consequential amendments are made in regulations 3, 5 and 6.