Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996
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3.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996() are amended as follows, subject to regulation 8 (saving provision).
(2) In Schedule 2 (housing costs)()—
(a)in paragraph 1(2) (housing costs), omit the definition of “existing housing costs” and “new housing costs”;
(b)omit paragraph 6 (existing housing costs);
(c)in paragraph 7 (new housing costs)—
(i)in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), omit “new”;
(ii)omit sub-paragraphs (3) to (7); and
(iii)for the heading, substitute “Housing costs”;
(d)in paragraph 8 (general exclusions from paragraphs 6 and 7)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (1), for “Paragraphs 6 and 7” substitute “Paragraph 7”; and
(ii)in the heading, for “Paragraphs 6 and 7” substitute “Paragraph 7”;
(e)in paragraph 9 (the calculation for loans), for “existing housing costs or, as the case may be, new housing costs” substitute “housing costs”;
(f)in paragraph 10 (general provisions applying to new and existing housing costs)—
(i)omit sub-paragraphs (1) and (2); and
(ii)in the heading, omit “new and existing”;
(g)in paragraph 12(9) (excessive housing costs), for “paragraphs 6 and 7” substitute “paragraph 7”;
(h)in paragraph 13 (linking rule)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (4A)(a), omit “6(1) or”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (11), omit paragraph (a); and
(iii)in sub-paragraph (15), omit “6(1)(a), 6(1)(b) or”; and
(i)in paragraph 18 (continuity with income support or income-related employment and support allowance), omit sub-paragraph (1)(a).