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1.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, the housing costs applicable to a claimant in accordance with regulation 6(6)(c) are those costs—
(a)which the claimant or, if he has a partner, his partner is, in accordance with paragraph 3, liable to meet in respect of the dwelling occupied as the home which he or his partner is treated as occupying; and
(b)which qualify under paragraphs 11 to 13.
(2) In this Schedule—
(a)“disabled person” means a person—
(i)aged 75 or over;
(ii)who, had he in fact been entitled to income support, would have satisfied the requirements of paragraph 12 of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations (additional condition for the Higher Pensioner and Disability Premiums); or
(iii)who—
(aa)has not attained the age of 19 and for whom the claimant or his partner is responsible; [F1and]
(bb)is a person in respect of whom disability living allowance is payable or would be payable but for any provision of the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 1975M1; [F2or]
(cc)is registered as blind in a register compiled under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 M2 (welfare services) or, in Scotland, has been certified as blind and in consequence he is registered as blind in a register maintained by or on behalf of a regional or islands council, or who is within 28 weeks of ceasing to be so registered;
(b)“housing costs” means those costs to which sub-paragraph (1) refers;
(c)“standard rate” means the rate for the time being [F3determined in accordance with] paragraph 9.
(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(a), a person shall not cease to be a disabled person on account of his being disqualified for receiving benefit or treated as capable of work by virtue of the operation of section 171E of the 1992 Act M3 (incapacity for work, disqualification etc.).
(4) In this Schedule, “non-dependant” means any person, except someone to whom sub-paragraph (5), (6) or (7) applies, who normally resides with the claimant.
(5) This sub-paragraph applies to—
(a)a partner of the claimant or any person under the age of 19 for whom the claimant or the claimant’s partner is responsible;
(b)a person who lives with the claimant in order to care for him or for the claimant’s partner and who is engaged for that purpose by a charitable or voluntary organisation which makes a charge to the claimant or the claimant’s partner for the care provided by that person;
(c)the partner of a person to whom head (b) above applies.
(6) This sub-paragraph applies to a person, other than a close relative of the claimant or the claimant’s partner,—
(a)who is liable to make payments on a commercial basis to the claimant or the claimant’s partner in respect of his occupation of the claimant’s dwelling; [F4or]
F5(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)who is a member of the household of a person to whom head (a) F6... above applies.
(7) This sub-paragraph applies to—
(a)a person who jointly occupies the claimant’s dwelling and who is either—
(i)co-owner of that dwelling with the claimant or the claimant’s partners (whether or not there are other co-owners); or
(ii)jointly liable with the claimant or the claimant’s partner to make payments to a landlord in respect of his occupation of that dwelling;
(b)a partner of a person to whom head (a) above applies.
(8) For the purpose of sub-paragraphs (4) to (7) a person resides with another only if they share any accommodation except a bathroom, a lavatory or a communal area but not if each person is separately liable to make payments in respect of his occupation of the dwelling to the landlord.
(9) In sub-paragraph (8), “communal area” means any area (other than rooms) of common access (including halls and passageways) and rooms of common use in sheltered accommodation.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. II para. 1(2)(a) inserted (6.10.2003) by The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3197), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. para. 9(a)(i)
F2Word in Sch. II para. 1(2)(a) inserted (6.10.2003) by The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3197), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. para. 9(a)(ii)
F3Words in Sch. II para. 1(2) substituted (28.11.2004) by The Social Security (Housing Costs Amendments) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2825), regs. 1(2)(a), 2(2)
F4Word in Sch. II para. 1(6)(a) inserted (6.10.2003) by The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3197), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. para. 9(b)(i)
F5Sch. II para. 1(6)(b) omitted (6.10.2003) by virtue of The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3197), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. para. 9(b)(ii)
F6Words in Sch. II para. 1(6)(c) omitted (6.10.2003) by virtue of The State Pension Credit (Consequential, Transitional and Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3197), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. para. 9(b)(iii)
Marginal Citations
M3Section 171E was inserted by section 6 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18).
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