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

S.R. 2008/68 · made 25 February 2008

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.

Made under: Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (Article 30A)

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## Introductory text

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 1977, makes the following Regulations.

## 1 Citation 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.

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

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

## 3 Amendment 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”;”.

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

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

## 5 Amendment 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.

## 6 Amendment 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.

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