SCHEDULE 2AMENDMENT OF THE HOUSING BENEFIT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS

9.  In Schedule 5ZA(1) (capital to be disregarded), paragraph 14—

(a)in sub-paragraph (5), for “being in residential accommodation, a residential care home or a nursing home.” there shall be substituted “residing in a residential care home, a nursing home or an independent hospital.”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (6), the definition of “residential accommodation”, “residential care home” and “nursing home” shall be omitted.

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Schedule 5ZA was inserted, in relation to any person who has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit, by paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 2 to, S.R. 2003 No. 197