Rates Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Rate Relief (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2010. Amendment of the Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 2 1 The Rate Relief (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (11). 2 Omit regulation 2(1)(q). 3 Omit regulation 3(c). 4 For regulation 11(1)(e)(i)(bb) substitute— bb in sub-paragraph (e) after “regulation 53(1)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 21”; . 5 Omit regulation 17(2)(f)(ii). 6 In regulation 19— a omit paragraph (1)(g); b in— i paragraph (1)(u)(ii); and ii paragraph (1)(u)(iii)(bb), for “sub-paragraph (c)” substitute “sub-paragraph (d)” and for ““(d)” substitute ““(e)”; c in paragraph (2)(b) after “after” insert ““(e)”,”; d in paragraph (2)(c) substitute “paragraphs 2(i) and (ii) after “(e)”, “(j)”, and “(i)”” with “paragraph 2(b)(ii) after “(j)”, “(i)”, and “(k)””; e in paragraph (2)(e) omit “and (4)(a)”. 7 In regulation 22 omit paragraphs (1)(d), (2) and (3). 8 Omit regulation 24(f)(vi). 9 Omit regulation 26(1)(h)(ii). 10 In regulation 30— a for paragraph (1)(a) substitute— a as if in regulation 85(2) after “and 82” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 26”; ; b before paragraph (2)(d)(i) insert— zi after “70” and “71” insert “of the Housing Benefit Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 22”; . 11 Omit regulation 31(c). Amendment of the Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 3 1 The Rate Relief (Qualifying Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (9). 2 Omit regulation 2(1)(f). 3 For regulation 3(a)(iv)(aa) substitute— aa after “regulation 9” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 11”; . 4 In regulation 19— a for paragraph (1)(h) substitute— h as if in regulation 27— i in— aa paragraph (1)(g) after “Schedule 7” there were inserted “to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 19”; bb paragraph (2) after “regulation 42(2)” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these Regulations by regulation 19”; ii in paragraph (1) after sub-paragraph (h) there were inserted— ha any payment of rate relief, ; ; b in— i paragraph (1)(r)(ii); and ii paragraph (1)(r)(iii)(bb), for “sub-paragraph (c)” substitute “sub-paragraph (d)” and for ““(d)” substitute ““(e)”; c omit paragraph (3)(e). 5 Omit regulation 21(1)(d) and (2). 6 Omit regulation 23(g)(vi). 7 Omit regulation 25(1)(d)(ii). 8 In regulation 29— a for paragraph (1)(a) substitute— a as if in regulation 66(2) after “and 63” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these regulations by regulation 25”; ; b after paragraph (2)(e)(ii) insert— iii in sub-paragraph (3) after “regulation 51” there were inserted “of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations as applied with modifications for the purposes of these regulations by regulation 21”; . 9 In regulation 30— a omit paragraph (c); b in paragraph (i)(ii)(bb) for “or 93” there were substituted “or 74”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 1st June 2010 Brian McClure A senior officer of the Department