The Housing Benefit (Decisions and Appeals and Discretionary Financial Assistance) (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Substitution of references to “determination” and related references

4.  In the Housing Benefit Regulations—

(a)in regulation 5—

(i)in paragraph (6)(b) for “that claim has not yet been determined” there shall be substituted “no decision has yet been made on that claim”;

(ii)in paragraph (7)(a)(1) for “which has not yet been determined” there shall be substituted “in respect of which a decision has not yet been made”;

(b)in regulation 10A(2)—

(i)in the heading for “Determinations” there shall be substituted “Decisions”;

(ii)for “determination”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(c)in regulation 11(3)—

(i)in paragraphs (1) to (3A)(4), (4) to (7)(5), (11)(6) and (16)(7) for “determined”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decided”;

(ii)in paragraphs (1), (7) and (16) for “determination”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(iii)in paragraphs (5D) and (7) for “determining” there shall be substituted “deciding”;

(d)in regulation 11(1), as saved by regulation 16 of the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(8), for “determined” there shall be substituted “decided”;

(e)in regulation 12A(9)—

(i)in the heading for “determinations” there shall be substituted “decisions”;

(ii)in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) for “determination”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(iii)in paragraph (4) for “determining” there shall be substituted “deciding”;

(f)in regulation 72(4)(c)(10) for “date of determination of” there shall be substituted “date on which a decision was made on”;

(g)in regulation 74 for “determination”, in both places where that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(h)in regulation 75(1) for “its determination” there shall be substituted “a decision being made on it”;

(i)in the heading to Part XI for “Determination of” there shall be substituted “Decisions on”;

(j)in regulation 76—

(i)in the heading for “determination” there shall be substituted “decision”;

(ii)in paragraph (2) for “determine” there shall be substituted “make a decision on”;

(iii)in paragraph (3) for “Every claim shall be determined by the appropriate authority” there shall be substituted “The relevant authority shall make a decision on each claim”;

(k)in regulation 77(11)—

(i)in the heading for “determinations” there shall be substituted “decisions”;

(ii)in paragraph (1) for “determination”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(iii)in paragraph (4)(12)—

(aa)for “determination”, in the first place where that word appears, there shall be substituted “a decision”;

(bb)for “as to its determination of” there shall be substituted “for its decision on”;

(l)in regulation 91—

(i)in paragraph (1)(13) for “determine” there shall be substituted “make a decision on” and in sub-paragraph (b) for “determination”, in both places where that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(ii)in paragraph (2) for “subsequent determination” there shall be substituted “subsequent decision”;

(iii)in paragraph (3) for “subsequent determination” there shall be substituted “the basis of the subsequent decision”;

(m)in regulation 94(1A)(14) for “determination of” there shall be substituted “making of a decision on”;

(n)in regulation 97(1A)(15) for “determination” there shall be substituted “decision”;

(o)in regulation 98(a)(16) for “determined” there shall be substituted “decided”;

(p)in regulation 104(1)(b) and (3)(17) for “determination” there shall be substituted “decision”;

(q)in paragraph 10 of Schedule A1(18) and in the heading to that paragraph for “notice of determination” there shall be substituted “the decision notice”;

(r)in Schedule 1A(19)—

(i)in the heading to—

(aa)that Schedule, and

(bb)Part I of that Schedule,

for “Determinations” there shall be substituted “Decisions”;

(ii)for “determination”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(iii)for “determine”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decide”;

(iv)for “determines”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decides”;

(v)for “determined”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decided”;

(vi)in paragraph 3(4) for “determining” there shall be substituted “deciding”;

(s)in Schedule 1B(20)—

(i)subject to sub-paragraph (ii), for “determination”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(ii)in paragraph 2(3)(c)(21) for “(size and rent determinations)” there shall be substituted “(size and rent)”.