8.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), there is to be a deduction, in respect of rent of the main or only dwelling in the case of a householder, of the amount of the net rent paid or such part of the net rent paid as is reasonable in the circumstances.
(2) Any contributions received from any other person towards that payment of rent is taken into account as income, and the Board is to decide which is the main dwelling, where the person concerned resides in more than one dwelling in which that person has an interest.
(3) In this paragraph the expression “rent” means—
(a)the feu duty or ground annual or the rent payable in respect of a calendar month; and
(b)a sum in respect of the outgoings borne by the householder for the calendar month immediately preceding the making of the application for children’s legal aid including, in particular, a reasonable allowance towards any necessary expenditure on repairs and insurance and any other annual burden, including any instalment (whether of interest or capital) payable in respect of a heritable security (within the meaning of section 9(8)(a) of the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970(1) or a real burden relating to the performance of an act.
(4) In this paragraph the expression “net rent” means—
(a)the rent less any proceeds of subletting any part of the premises in respect of which the rent is paid or the outgoings incurred; or
(b)where any person or persons other than the person concerned, any spouse of that person or persons, or any dependent of that person or persons is accommodated, otherwise than as a subtenant, in the premises for which the rent is paid, the rent less such an amount as the Board may determine to be reasonably attributable to the accommodation of such person.