Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2017 United Kingdom

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

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What's here

8 compliance obligations

Who this Act binds

Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Schedules

s.sch002

Notice

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must prepare and give deduction notice to employer and liable person Crown / Minister / Government department
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Priority

  • Prioritise multiple deduction orders correctly when processing pay
s.sch002

Deduction by employer: general

  • Deduct housing benefit overpayment from employee's wages
s.sch002

Deduction by employer: particular cases

  • Correct errors in housing benefit deductions from pay
s.sch002

Notification to liable person

  • Notify employees in writing of housing benefit deductions from wages
s.sch002

Payment to Department

  • Pay employer deductions to the Department by the 19th of the following month
s.sch002

Information from liable person

  • Notify the Department of employment changes within 7 days
s.sch002

Variation

  • Comply with varied deduction notice from the Department
Browse 6 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
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

Browse 15 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
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

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