The Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

Housing costs

29.—(1) Schedule 2 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (housing costs) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph 4(6)—

(a) in head (a) after the words “paragraph 14” there shall be inserted the words “during the relevant period”;

(b) for head (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(b) to finance the purchase of a property where an earlier loan, which qualified under paragraphs 14 and 15 during the relevant period in respect of another property, is paid off (in whole or in part) with monies received from the sale of that property;”

(3) In paragraph 11, in sub-paragraph (1) for head (a) there shall be substituted the following head—

“(a) except where sub-paragraph (2) applies shall be the rate specified in paragraph 12(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations(1); or”.

(4) In paragraph 13—

(a) in head (a)(ii) of sub-paragraph (1) the words “he was or was treated as being in receipt thereof or to which (i) above applies” shall be omitted and after the word “which” where it occurs for the third time there shall be inserted—

“(aa) he was, or was treated as being, in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance,

(bb) he was treated as entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (5), (6) and (7), or

(cc) (i) above applies;”.

(5) In paragraph 17, in sub-paragraph (7) for head (b) there shall be substituted the following head—

“(b) if he is in receipt of an allowance payable in respect of training he is undertaking, and for this purpose “training” has the meaning it has in regulation 1 l(3); or”.

(6) In paragraph 18(1)(c), after the words “linking rule”, the words “or for determining whether any qualifying or other period is satisfied” shall be inserted.

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Schedule 3 was substituted by S.I. 1995/1613; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 1995/2287.