Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022
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Eligibility for financial contribution | ||
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6. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a person shall be eligible for a financial contribution in respect of an eligible dwelling for a calendar month where the following conditions are satisfied: | ||
(a) the person is— | ||
(i) an owner of the dwelling, or | ||
(ii) where the dwelling is the subject of a tenancy, a tenant in respect of the dwelling; | ||
(b) the person is a natural person; | ||
(c) the person has granted to one or more temporary protection beneficiaries the right to enter the dwelling and to occupy all or part of the dwelling; | ||
(d) one or more temporary protection beneficiaries occupy the dwelling or part of the dwelling on the last day of the calendar month; | ||
(e) there is, on the last day of the calendar month, no rental agreement in respect of the dwelling or part of the dwelling in effect between the person and one or more of the temporary protection beneficiaries referred to in paragraph (d); | ||
(f) none of the temporary protection beneficiaries referred to in paragraph (d) (either in his or her own right or as a minor under the care of an adult) receive any of the following in respect of the dwelling for the calendar month: | ||
(i) payment of a supplement towards the amount of rent payable by a person in respect of his or her residence payable in accordance with regulations made under section 198 of the Act of 2005; | ||
(ii) housing assistance, within the meaning of Part 4 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 ; | ||
(iii) social housing support, within the meaning of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 ; | ||
(g) the calendar month falls in the qualifying period; | ||
(h) the person has made an application for a financial contribution in accordance with section 7 ; | ||
(i) a declaration under section 7 (3) has been provided by the person in respect of the dwelling and has not been revoked on or before the last day of the calendar month; | ||
(j) the person has, where a request for information has been made under section 10 (3), provided the information requested to the appointed officer concerned. | ||
(2) No more than one financial contribution shall be payable in respect of an eligible dwelling for a calendar month. | ||
(3) Where there is more than one owner or tenant in respect of an eligible dwelling for a calendar month, only one owner or tenant, as the case may be, shall be entitled to a financial contribution in respect of the eligible dwelling for the calendar month. | ||
(4) In this section, “rental agreement” means an agreement or arrangement under which one party grants to the other party a right to occupy all or part of a dwelling, subject to the payment of money by that other party to the first-mentioned party. |