The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013

Amendment of the Rent Repayment Orders (Supplementary Provisions) (England) Regulations 2007

58.—(1) The Rent Repayment Orders (Supplementary Provisions) (England) Regulations 2007(1) are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 1(3) substitute—

“(3) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Housing Act 2004(2);

“relevant award of universal credit” means an award as referred to in section 73(6A) of the Housing Act 2004.”.

(3) In regulation 2—

(a) in paragraph (1), after “housing benefit”, insert “or of a relevant award of universal credit”; and

(b) in paragraph (2), for the words from “for the total amount” to the end substitute—

“(a) in the case of housing benefit, for the total amount of housing benefit paid, such part of that amount as they believe is properly payable;

(b) in the case of a relevant award of universal credit, for the amount referred to in section 74(2A)(a) of the Act that was originally believed to apply, the amount that is now believed to apply (if different)”.

(4) in paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (a) omit “and” and, after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“, and (c) a relevant award of universal credit is properly payable if the person to whom, or in respect of whom, it is paid is entitled to it under the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (whether on the initial decision or as subsequently revised or superseded or further revised or superseded)”.

(1)

S.I. 2007/572.

(2)

c. 34. Subsection (6A) is inserted into section 73 by regulation 18 of these Regulations.