Amendment of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations24

1

Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations (housing costs) M1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

2

For head (a) of paragraph 8(2) (new housing costs) there shall be substituted the following head—

a

is a person to whom paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 1B (persons caring for another person) applies;

3

In paragraph 14 (linking rule)—

a

in sub-paragraph (5)(a) after the words “unemployment benefit," there shall be inserted the words “a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance,";

b

in sub-paragraph (5A) M2 for the words “paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 applies (persons with caring responsibilities not required to be available for employment)" there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 4 or 5 of Schedule 1B (persons caring for another person) applies"; and

c

in sub-paragraph (5B) for head (b) there shall be substituted the following head—

b

is a student, other than one who would qualify for income support under regulation 4ZA(3) (prescribed categories of person);