Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2017/35 United Kingdom

The Housing Benefit (Welfare Supplementary Payment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer6 Any Person1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
TULRCA 1992 72 duties
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

15 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and interpretation
s.002 Eligibility
s.003 Amount
s.004 Period of payment
s.005 Recipient
s.006 Change of circumstances
s.007 Disclosure
s.008 Recovery of overpayment: circumstances
s.009 Recovery of overpayment: methods
s.010 Recovery of overpayment: deduction from certain welfare supplementary payments
s.011 Recovery of overpayment: deduction from benefits
s.012 Recovery of overpayment: deduction from earnings
s.013 Recovery of overpayment: court action
s.014 Treatment of payment
s.015 Review
Schedules

Schedules

8 of 14 shown
s.sch002 Notice Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must prepare and give deduction notice to employer and liable personCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch002 Priority Regulated
  • Prioritise multiple deduction orders correctly when processing payEmployer
s.sch002 Deduction by employer: general Regulated
  • Deduct housing benefit overpayment from employee's wagesEmployer
s.sch002 Deduction by employer: particular cases Regulated
  • Correct errors in housing benefit deductions from payEmployer
s.sch002 Notification to liable person Regulated
  • Notify employees in writing of housing benefit deductions from wagesEmployer
s.sch002 Payment to Department Regulated
  • Pay employer deductions to the Department by the 19th of the following monthEmployer
s.sch002 Information from liable person Regulated
  • Notify the Department of employment changes within 7 daysAny Person
s.sch002 Variation Regulated
  • Comply with varied deduction notice from the DepartmentEmployer
6 other schedules
s.sch002 Discharge
s.sch002 Lapse
s.sch002 Crown employment
s.sch002 Service by post
s.sch002 Meaning of “earnings” etc.
s.sch002 Notification to Department

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