(1) This section applies to a beneficiary who is -
(a) a tenant of a housing body, or
(b) a tenant of a dwelling that is the subject of housing assistance under section 39 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014,
and who is entitled to a benefit prescribed under this section.
(2) The Minister may make arrangements for -
(a) the deduction, subject to section 290B, of a sum of money from a benefit paid to a beneficiary, and
(b) the payment, on behalf of the beneficiary, of that deducted sum to a housing body for the purpose of the payment of the rent payable to the housing body by that beneficiary.
(a) may enter into an agreement with a person, for a specified period, for the purpose of carrying out the arrangement referred to in subsection (2), and
(b) shall, where he or she enters into such agreement, by order specify the person with whom the agreement has been entered into and the period for which that agreement has effect.
(4) A deduction and payment mad
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