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S.I. No. 428/2014 - Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

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S.I. No. 428/2014 - Housing Assistance Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 3rd October, 2014.
I, ALAN KELLY, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 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 2014.
Commencement
2. These Regulations come into operation on 1 October 2014.
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
Local authority administrat-ive area

(1)
Household class
One adult in shared accommodation

(2)
A couple in shared accommodation

(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
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,
24 September 2014.
BRENDAN HOWLIN,
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
29 September 2014.
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, sets out the maximum rent limits that will, under the Housing Assistance Payment (Section 50) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 427 of 2014 ), apply from 1 October 2014 in the administrative areas of the county councils of Kilkenny, Louth, Monaghan and South Dublin.

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