1.—(1) This Schedule contains provisions about claimants to whom regulation 27(3) applies.
(2) Claimants who fall within sub-paragraph (1) are referred to in this Schedule as “owner-occupiers” (and references to “joint owner-occupiers” are to joint claimants to whom regulation 27(3) applies).
2. In this Schedule—
“alternative finance arrangements” has the meaning as given in paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 1;
“alternative finance payments” has the meaning given in paragraph 7 of Schedule 1;
“joint owner-occupier” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(2);
“loan interest payments” has the meaning given in paragraph 6 of Schedule 1;
“owner-occupier” means a single owner-occupier within the meaning of paragraph 1(2) or each of joint owner-occupiers;
“qualifying period” has the meaning given in paragraph 5(2);
“relevant date” means, in relation an owner-occupier, the date on which an amount of housing costs element calculated under this Schedule is first included in the owner occupier's award;
“relevant payments” has the meaning given in paragraph 3;
“standard rate” has the meaning given in paragraph 12.
3.—(1) “Relevant payments” means one or more payments of any of the following descriptions—
(a)owner-occupier payments;
(b)service charge payments.
(2) “Owner-occupier payments” has the meaning given in paragraph 5 of Schedule 1.
(3) “Service charge payments” is to be understood in accordance with paragraphs 8 and 9 of that Schedule.