Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Budgeting in Relation to Social Welfare Payments) Regulations 2013.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Budgeting in Relation to Social Welfare Payments) Regulations 2013.
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2013 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2013.
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paragraphs: These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2014.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 142 of 2007 ).
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paragraphs: Article 233 of the Principal Regulations is amended—
(a) in sub-article (1), by substituting “Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (6) of section 290, section 290B and these Regulations,” for “Subject to these Regulations,”,
(b) in sub-article (2), by substituting “shall, subject to section 290B, not exceed” for “shall not exceed”,
(c) by inserting the following sub-articles after sub-article (6):
“(7) Notwithstanding anything in this article, an application shall not be made on and after 1 January 2014 to have an amount of benefit withheld by An Post for the purpose of the separate payment of rent to a local authority pursuant to this article.
(8) Nothing in sub-article (7) shall affect any withholding of benefit under this article by An Post where—
(a) the purpose of that withholding is the separate payment of rent to a local authority pursuant to this article, and
(b) such withholding of benefit and such separate payment has effect immediately before 1 January 2014.”.
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paragraphs: Part 7 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting the following Chapter after Chapter 6:
233A.In this Chapter—
(a) jobseeker’s benefit,
(b) carer’s benefit,
(c) State pension (contributory),
(d) State pension (transition),
(e) invalidity pension,
(f) widow’s (contributory) pension, widower’s (contributory) pension and surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension,
(g) jobseeker’s allowance,
(h) pre-retirement allowance,
(i) State pension (non-contributory),
(j) blind pension,
(k) widow’s (non-contributory) pension, widower’s (non-contributory) pension and surviving civil partner’s (non-contributory) pension,
(l) one-parent family payment,
(m) a payment referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of ‘relevant payment’ in section 178(1),
(n) carer’s allowance,
(o) supplementary welfare allowance,
(p) disability allowance, or
(q) such other benefit as may be approved by the Minister from time to time,
(a) the deduction, subject to section 290B, of a sum of money from a benefit paid to a beneficiary, and
(b) the payment, on behalf of the beneficiary, of that deducted sum to a housing body for the purpose of the payment of the rent payable to the housing body by that beneficiary;
233B.(1) Every application by a beneficiary under a relevant arrangement for a deduction and payment pursuant to section 290A shall be made to the relevant person—
(a) in the form for the time being approved by the relevant person, or
(b) in such other manner as the relevant person may accept as sufficient in the circumstances.
(2) For the purposes of making an application referred to in sub-article (1), a beneficiary shall furnish such documents, information and evidence as may be required by the relevant person for the purposes of making a deduction and payment pursuant to section 290A.
233C.(1) Every application by a beneficiary under a relevant arrangement for the discontinuance of a deduction and payment pursuant to section 290A shall be made to the relevant person—
(a) in the form for the time being approved by the relevant person, or
(b) in such other manner as the relevant person may accept as sufficient in the circumstances.
(2) For the purposes of making an application for the discontinuance of a deduction and payment pursuant to section 290A, a beneficiary shall—
(a) give not less than 14 days notice in writing to the relevant person,
(b) provide evidence to the relevant person that the housing body referred to in article 233D has consented to such discontinuance, and
(c) furnish such other documents, information and evidence as may be required by the relevant person.
233D.(1) Where a beneficiary wishes to discontinue—
(a) a deduction of a sum of money from a benefit paid to that beneficiary, and
(b) the payment of that deducted sum to a housing body for the purpose of the payment of the rent payable to the housing body by that beneficiary,
(i) apply in writing to the housing body for consent to such discontinuance, and
(ii) give the housing body at least 28 days notice of his or her intention to discontinue such deduction and payment.
(2) For the purposes of making an application to a housing body under sub-article (1), a beneficiary shall—
(a) state the reasons for such discontinuance, and
(b) indicate how he or she intends to otherwise pay the amount of rent owing to the housing body.
(3) Where a beneficiary makes an application to a housing body for consent to discontinue a deduction and payment that is being made pursuant to section 290A, the housing body shall respond to that application within the 28 day notice period and, for this purpose, the housing body shall not unreasonably withhold its consent to such discontinuance.”.