SCHEDULE 2Claimant treated as liable or not liable to make payments

PART 2Treated as not liable to make payments

Liability to make rent and other payments to a trust7

1

A claimant is to be treated as not liable to make rent payments where the liability to make them is owed to a trustee of a trust and the trustees or beneficiaries of the trust include—

a

the claimant;

b

if the claimant is a member of a couple, the other member;

c

a child or qualifying young person for whom a person who falls within paragraph (a) or (b) is responsible; or

d

a close relative of any of the above who lives in the accommodation with the claimant.

2

A claimant who is treated under sub-paragraph (1) as not liable to make rent payments to the trustee of a trust is also to be treated as not liable to make service charge payments where the liability to make the service charge payments is to—

a

a trustee of the same trust; or

b

a trustee of another trust of which the trustees or beneficiaries include any of the persons listed in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (d).