The occupation condition: the general ruleU.K.
1.—(1) The general rule is that a claimant is to be treated as occupying as their home the accommodation which the claimant normally occupies as their home.
(2) Subject to the following provisions of this Part, no claimant is to be treated as occupying accommodation which comprises more than one dwelling.
(3) Where none of those provisions applies and the claimant occupies more than one dwelling, regard is to be had to all the circumstances in determining which dwelling the claimant normally occupies as their home, including (among other things) any persons with whom the claimant occupies each dwelling.
(4) “Dwelling”—
(a)in England and Wales, means a dwelling within the meaning of Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 M1;
(b)in Scotland, means a dwelling within the meaning of Part 2 of that Act.