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The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1993

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Amendment of regulation 35 of the 1987 Regulations

7.—(1) Regulation 35 of the 1987 Regulations (notional income)(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (3)(a) for the words “ordinary clothing or footwear, household fuel or eligible rent,” there shall be substituted the words “household fuel or, subject to paragraph (8), rent or ordinary clothing or footwear,”.

(3) For paragraph (8) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(8) In paragraph (3)—

(a)“rent” means eligible rent less any deductions in respect of non-dependants which fall to be made under regulation 63 (non-dependant deductions)(2);

(b)the expression “ordinary clothing or footwear” means clothing or footwear for normal daily use, but does not include school uniforms, or clothing or footwear used solely for sporting activities..

(1)

Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1971, 1990/127 and 1775, 1991/1175 and 1599 and 1992/1101.

(2)

Regulation 63 was amended by S.I. 1990/546 and 1775, 1991/235 and 387 and 1992/50 and 2148.

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