Regulation 5 Amendment of the Discretionary Financial Assistance RegulationsI1

For regulation 4 of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001^f1 there shall be substituted the following regulation –

“Limit on the amount of the discretionary housing payment that may be made

4.

The amount of a discretionary housing payment (calculated as a weekly sum) shall not exceed, in a case to which regulation 2(1) refers, an amount equal to the amount of the aggregate of the payments specified in regulation 10(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations^f2 (rent) less the aggregate of the amounts referred to in paragraph (3)(b)^f3 of that regulation and any deductions made in accordance with regulation 62 (housing benefit tapers) or regulation 63^f4 (non-dependant deductions) calculated on a weekly basis in accordance with regulation 69^f5 (calculation of weekly amounts) and regulation 70 (rent and rate-free periods) of those Regulations.”.