Legislation – The Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

These Regulations provide for financial assistance (Coronavirus Financial Assistance) be awarded to occupiers of certain hereditaments affected by specific closures as a result of application of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 as amended.

Regulation 1 provides for citation and commencement.

Regulation 2 provides for the Coronavirus Financial Assistance scheme to be set out in the Schedule.

Schedule

Paragraph 1 provides for interpretation to be applied in respect of the scheme.

Paragraph 2 provides for applications to be made in relation to the scheme.

Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 provide the eligibility criteria for the scheme.

Paragraph 6 provides for exclusions to be applied within the scheme.

Paragraph 7 provides that the Department may use information gathered for the purposes of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977, or that may be held by a district council, in administering the award of financial assistance.

Paragraph 8 permits the Department to award financial assistance in accordance with the scheme.

Paragraph 9 makes provision for the Department to recover any amount paid in excess of entitlement under the scheme.

Paragraph 10 and 11 provides for a statutory requirement for a periodic review of the operation of the scheme.