# The Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Paragraph 2: Failure to pay by the person who is liable


(1) A claimant is to be treated as liable to make payments where all the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (2) are met.
(2) These are the conditions—
(a) the person who is liable to make the payments is not doing so;
(b) the claimant has to make the payments in order to continue occupation of the accommodation;
(c) the claimant's circumstances are such that it would be unreasonable to expect them to make other arrangements;
(d) it is otherwise reasonable in all the circumstances to treat the claimant as liable to make the payments.
(3) In determining what is reasonable for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(d) in the case of owner-occupier payments, regard may be had to the fact that continuing to make the payments may benefit the person with the liability to make the payments.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/216/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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