General exclusions from paragraphs 6 and 7
8.—(1) Paragraphs 6 and 7 shall not apply where—
(a)the claimant or his partner is aged 60 or over;
(b)the housing costs are payments where the dwelling occupied as the home is a tent, in respect of the tent and the site on which it stands.
(2) In a case falling within sub-paragraph (1), the housing costs to be met are—
(a)where head (a) applies, an amount—
(i)determined in the manner set out in paragraph 9 (calculation for loans) by applying the standard rate to the eligible capital for the time being owing in connection with a loan which qualifies under paragraph 14 or 15, and
(ii)equal to the payments which qualify under paragraph 16 (other housing costs);
(b)where head (b) applies, an amount equal to the payments which qualify under paragraph 16(1)(d).