S.I. No. 40/2016 - Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2016.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | |||||||||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd February, 2016. | |||||||||
I, ALAN KELLY, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 4 and 43 of the Housing (Miscellaneous) Provisions Act 2014 (No. 21 of 2014), and with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, hereby make the following regulations: | |||||||||
Citation | |||||||||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2016. | |||||||||
Commencement | |||||||||
2. These Regulations come into operation on 1 February 2016. | |||||||||
Definition | |||||||||
3. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Housing Assistance Payment Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 407 of 2014 ). | |||||||||
Maximum rent limits | |||||||||
4. (1) Regulation 10 (as amended by the Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 474 of 2015 )) of the Principal Regulations is amended by— | |||||||||
(a) substituting the following for the Table to that Regulation: | |||||||||
“TABLE | |||||||||
MAXIMUM MONTHLY RENT LIMITS | |||||||||
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(b) substituting the following for paragraph (3)(b): | |||||||||
“(b) The housing authorities for the purposes of subparagraph (a) are- | |||||||||
(i) Cork City Council, | |||||||||
(ii) Cork County Council, | |||||||||
(iii) Galway City Council, | |||||||||
(iv) Galway County Council, | |||||||||
(v) Kildare County Council, and | |||||||||
(vi) Meath County Council.”. | |||||||||
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations. | |||||||||
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, | |||||||||
22 January 2016. | |||||||||
BRENDAN HOWLIN, | |||||||||
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. | |||||||||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | |||||||||
26 January 2016. | |||||||||
ALAN KELLY, | |||||||||
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. | |||||||||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | |||||||||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation) | |||||||||
These Regulations amend the Housing Assistance Payment Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 407 of 2014 ) to prescribe the maximum rent limits that will apply for the purposes of the Housing Assistance Payment scheme in the administrative area of Galway City Council (from 1 February 2016). | |||||||||
The Regulations also provide that the maximum rent limits set out in the Table may be exceeded by not more than 20% in the administrative areas of Cork City Council, Cork County Council, Galway City Council, Galway County Council, Kildare County Council or Meath County Council, where this is necessary to source suitable accommodation for a household that is qualified for social housing support. | |||||||||
