Legislation – The Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020
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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. They also amend the Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 to enhance the level of support provided by those Regulations.
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 makes provision to prevent payments being received by applicants for both the scheme provided for by these Regulations and the Financial Assistance (Coronavirus) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 in relation to the same period of time.
Paragraph 7 provides for exclusions to be applied within the scheme.
Paragraph 8 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, and that information pertaining to eligibility for financial assistance under this scheme may be shared with other Northern Ireland departments.
Paragraph 9 permits the Department to award financial assistance in accordance with the scheme.
Paragraph 10 provides for the discontinuance of the scheme in certain cases.
Paragraph 11 makes provision for the Department to recover any amount paid in excess of entitlement under the scheme.
Paragraph 12 and 13 provides for a statutory requirement for a periodic review of the operation of the scheme.