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S.I. No. 116/2021 - Social Housing Assessment (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Table of Provisions (8)
Statutory Text (8 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Housing Assessment (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
Commencement
2. These Regulations come into operation on 19
th
April 2021.
Interpretation
3. In these Regulations –
“the Principal Regulations” means the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 (
S.I. No. 84 of 2011
)
Amendment of Regulation 19 (Income Limits) of the Principal Regulations.
4. Regulation 19(2)(b) is amended by deleting the following
“, subject to a maximum increase of 10% under this subparagraph”
Amendment of Regulation 20 (Income Limits) of the Principal Regulations.
5. Regulation 20(2)(b) is amended by deleting the following
“, subject to a maximum increase of 10% under this subparagraph”
Amendment of Regulation 21 (Income Limits) of the Principal Regulations.
6. Regulation 21(2)(b) is amended by deleting the following
“, subject to a maximum increase of 10% under this subparagraph”
7. The Schedule to the Principal Regulations is substituted by the following Schedule
SCHEDULE
(Regulation 4)
APPLICATION FORM FOR SOCIAL HOUSING SUPPORT
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
16 March, 2021.
DARRAGH O BRIEN,
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(
This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation
)
These Regulations amend the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 (
S.I. No. 84 of 2011
) to-
• Remove the cap on percentage increases in relation to the income eligibility threshold in respect of each household member aged less than 18 years;
• Provide for a revised Schedule containing an updated social housing support application form.
The Regulations come into force on 19
th
April 2021.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
19
th March,
2021.
I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in exercise of powers conferred on me by sections
3
,
20
and
32
of the
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009
(No. 22 of 2009), hereby make the following regulations
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