SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Housing costs element for owner-occupiers

PART IGeneral

Definition of Owner-occupier1

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).

Interpretation2

In this Schedule—

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  • F1...

  • “joint owner-occupier” has the meaning given in paragraph 1(2);

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  • “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;

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Relevant payment for the purposes of this schedule3

F21

“Relevant payments” means one or more payments which are service charge payments.

F32

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3

“Service charge payments” is to be understood in accordance with paragraphs 8 and 9 of F4Schedule 1 .