S.I. No. 200/2015 - Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2015.

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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 22nd May, 2015.
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 2015.
Commencement
2. These Regulations come into operation on 25 May 2015.
Maximum rent limits
3. Regulation 10 of the Housing Assistance Payment Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 407 of 2014 ) is amended by substituting the following for the Table to that Regulation:
“TABLE
MAXIMUM MONTHLY RENT LIMITS
Household class
Local authority administrative area (1)
One adult in shared accomm-odation (2)
A couple in shared accomm-odation (3)
One adult (4)
A couple (5)
One adult, or a couple, with 1 child (6)
One adult, or a couple, with 2 children (7)
One adult, or a couple, with 3 children (8)
Cork County Council
€250
€270
€485
€575
€700
€725
€750
Donegal County Council
175
200
300
325
350
400
450
Dublin City Council
350
400
520
750
950
975
1,000
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
350
400
520
750
950
975
1,000
Fingal County Council
300
350
520
700
850
900
950
Kilkenny County Council
200
230
390
430
540
565
590
Limerick City and County Council
200
240
375
400
500
550
600
Louth County Council
215
250
390
400
550
575
600
Monaghan County Council
180
190
300
350
400
433
450
South Dublin County Council
350
400
520
750
950
975
1,000
Waterford City and County Council
220
240
375
390
475
500
525
.”
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform,
14 May 2015.
BRENDAN HOWLIN,
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
15 May 2015.
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 ) by substituting an expanded Table in Regulation 10, which, in addition to the maximum rent limits previously prescribed under section 43(2)(a) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 (No. 21 of 2014) for specified classes of qualified household, sets out the maximum rent limits that will, under the Housing Assistance Payment (Section 50) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 199 of 2015 ), apply from 25 May 2015 in the administrative area of Donegal County Council.

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