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2. In regulation 8 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (eligible housing costs)
(a)in paragraph (1) for the words “paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (2) and (2A)”;
(b)after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(2A) Where any payment for which a person is liable in respect of a dwelling and which is specified in regulation 10(1) (payments of rent for which housing benefit is payable), is increased on account of
(a)outstanding arrears of any payment or charge, or
(b)any other unpaid payment or charge
to which paragraphs (1) to (3) of that regulation or Schedule 1 (ineligible charges) refer and which is or was formerly owed by him in respect of that or another dwelling, a rent rebate or, as the case may be, a rent allowance shall not be payable in respect of that increase.”.
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