# The Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 S.R. 2018/36 · made 5 March 2018 These Regulations amend the Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (“the UC Executive Determinations Regulations”) to make changes to the manner in which the local housing allowance is determined. Made under: The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Article 16, Article 38, Article 48) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-housing-costs-executive-determinations-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/pdf/nisr_20180036_en.pdf; NI Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-housing-costs-executive-determinations-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018/pdf/nisrem_20180036_en.pdf ## Introductory text Housing Made 5th March 2018 Laid before Parliament 6th March 2018 Coming into operation 2nd April 2018 The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 16, 38(1) and 48(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015. Those powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015. ## 1 Citation and commencement These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 and shall come into operation on 2nd April 2018. ## 2 Amendment of the Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (1) The Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). (2) In regulation 3 (broad rental market area determinations)— (a) for paragraph (6)(b) (date on which a broad rental market area determination takes effect) substitute— “(b) for all other purposes— (i) on the next relevant Monday following the day on which the determination is made; or (ii) where the next relevant Monday is within 11 months beginning with the day on which the determination is made, on the next relevant Monday after that.”; (b) after paragraph (7) insert— “(8) “Relevant Monday” has the same meaning as in regulation 4(4).”. (3) In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 (local housing allowance determinations)— (a) in sub-paragraph (2)(a), for “determined for that category of dwelling on 30th January 2015” substitute “ last determined for that category of dwelling”; (b) in sub-paragraph (2A)— (i) in paragraph (a) for “determined for that category of dwelling on 30th January 2015” substitute “last determined for that category of dwelling”; and (ii) for the table in paragraph (b), substitute— “ (1) Category of dwelling as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule (2) Maximum local housing allowance for that category of dwelling Paragraph 1(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) £1,163.30 Paragraph 1(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) £1,163.30 Paragraph 1(c) (two bedrooms) £1,349.43 Paragraph 1(d) (three bedrooms) £1,582.09 Paragraph 1(e) (four bedrooms) £1,861.28 ” (c) for the table in paragraph 5 substitute— “ (1) Broad rental market area (2) Category of dwelling as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule BRMA1 –South Paragraph 1(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) BRMA1 – South Paragraph 1(c) (two bedrooms) BRMA1 – South Paragraph 1(d) (three bedrooms) BRMA1 – South Paragraph 1(e) (four bedrooms) BRMA2 – North Paragraph 1(d) (three bedrooms) BRMA2 – North Paragraph 1(e) (four bedrooms) BRMA3 – Lough Neagh Lower Paragraph 1(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) BRMA3 – Lough Neagh Lower Paragraph 1(c) (two bedrooms) BRMA3 – Lough Neagh Lower Paragraph 1(d) (three bedrooms) BRMA3 – Lough Neagh Lower Paragraph 1(e) (four bedrooms) BRMA4 – North West Paragraph 1(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) BRMA4 – North West Paragraph 1(b) (one bedroom exclusive use) BRMA4 – North West Paragraph 1(c) (two bedrooms) BRMA6 – South East Paragraph 1(d) (three bedrooms) BRMA6 – South East Paragraph 1(e) (four bedrooms) BRMA8 – Belfast Paragraph 1(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) BRMA8 – Belfast Paragraph 1(c) (two bedrooms) BRMA8 – Belfast Paragraph 1(d) (three bedrooms) BRMA8 – Belfast Paragraph 1(e) (four bedrooms) ” ## Signature Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Kit Malthouse Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Department for Work and Pensions 5th March 2018 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Universal Credit Housing Costs (Executive Determinations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (“the UC Executive Determinations Regulations”) to make changes to the manner in which the local housing allowance is determined. Regulation 2 amends those Regulations by substituting tables that provide that, for dwellings in specified categories in specified broad rental market areas, the local housing allowance is the lower of (a) the rent as last determined plus 3% and (b) the maximum allowance applicable to the dwelling, as specified in the table inserted by these Regulations. For other dwellings the local housing allowance is the lower of the rent as last determined and the rent at the 30th percentile, determined in accordance with the UC Executive Determinations Regulations. Regulation 2 also amends the UC Executive Determinations Regulations so that any changes to a broad rental market area made as a result of a broad rental market area determination take effect on the relevant Monday as defined in the UC Executive Determinations Regulations. An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2018/36 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-housing-costs-executive-determinations-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2018 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.