F1SCHEDULE 3 HOUSING COSTS

General exclusions from F2paragraph 8

9.

(1)

F3Paragraph 8 shall not apply where—

F4(a)

the claimant’s partner has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit;

(b)

the housing costs are payments—

(i)

under a co-ownership agreement;

(ii)

under or relating to a tenancy or licence of a Crown tenant; or

(iii)

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) of sub-paragraph (1) applies, an amount—

F5(i)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ii)

equal to the payments which qualify under paragraph 17;

(b)

where head (b) of sub-paragraph (1) applies, an amount equal to the payments which qualify under paragraph 17(1)(d) to (f).