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The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997
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[F1Anomalous local housing allowancesS
3.—(1) [F2Subject to paragraph 3A, where—]
(a)the rent officer has determined the local housing allowance for each of the categories of dwelling in paragraph 1(1) in accordance with the preceding paragraphs of this Schedule; and
(b)the local housing allowance for a category of dwelling in paragraph 1(1)(b) [F3to (e)] is lower than the local housing allowance for any of the categories of dwelling which precede it,
that local housing allowance [F4is to] be the same as the highest local housing allowance which precedes it.
F5(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3B inserted (20.3.2008) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2871), arts. 1(3), 13(4) (with arts. 2, 11)
F2Words in Sch. 3B para. 3(1) substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 3(3)(a)
F3Words in Sch. 3B para. 3(1)(b) substituted (18.3.2011) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2836), arts. 1(2), 4(3)(c)(i)
F4Words in Sch. 3B para. 3(1) substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 3(3)(b)
F5Sch. 3B para. 3(2) omitted (18.3.2011) by virtue of The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2836), arts. 1(2), 4(3)(c)(ii)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 3B modified (28.1.2021) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1519), arts. 1, 3
C2Sch. 3B modified (31.1.2022) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment and Modification) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1380), arts. 1(1), 6
C3Sch. 3B modified (31.1.2023) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/6), arts. 1(1), 3
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