Amendment of Regulations

2.  In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(1)(ineligible service charges), for sub-paragraph (f) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(f) charges in respect of general counselling or of any other support services, whoever provides those services, except where those services—

(i) relate to the provision of adequate accommodation; or

(ii) are provided to tenants by either—

(aa) their landlord in person; or

(bb) someone employed by their landlord (“the employee”),

and the landlord or, as the case may be, the employee spends the majority of the time, during which he provides any services, in providing services the charges for which are eligible under these Regulations (other than any tht are eligible only under the terms of this head).”.

(1)

S.I. 1987/1971.