The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

Apportionment of housing costs

5.—(1) Where the dwelling occupied as the home is a composite hereditament and–

(a) before 1st April 1990 for the purposes of section 48(5) of the General Rate Act 1967(1) (reduction of rates on dwellings), it appeared to a rating authority or it was determined in pursuance of sub-section (6) of section 48 of that Act that the hereditament, including the dwelling occupied as the home, was a mixed hereditament and that only a proportion of the rateable value of the hereditament was attributable to use for the purpose of a private dwelling; or

(b) in Scotland, before 1st April 1989 an assessor acting pursuant to section 45(1) of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980(2) (provision as to valuation roll) has apportioned the net annual value of the premises including the dwelling occupied as the home between the part occupied as a dwelling and the remainder,

the amounts applicable under this Schedule shall be such proportion of the amounts applicable in respect of the hereditament or premises as a whole as is equal to the proportion of the rateable value of the hereditament attributable to the part of the hereditament used for the purposes of a private tenancy or, in Scotland, the proportion of the net annual value of the premises apportioned to the part occupied as a dwelling house.

(2) subject to sub-paragraph (1) and the following provisions of this paragraph, where the dwelling occupied as the home is a composite hereditament, the amount applicable under this Schedule shall be the relevant fraction of the amount which would otherwise be applicable under this Schedule in respect of the dwelling occupied as the home.

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), the relevant fraction shall be obtained in accordance with the formula—

where—

• “A” is the current market value of the claimant’s interest in that part of the composite hereditament which is domestic property within the meaning of section 66 of the Act of 1988;

• “B” is the current market value of the claimant’s interest in that part of the composite hereditament which is not domestic property within that section.

(4) In this paragraph–

• “composite hereditament” means–

  (a)

  as respects England and Wales, any hereditament which is shown as a composite hereditament in a local non-domestic rating list;

  (b)

  as respects Scotland, any lands and heritages entered in the valuation roll which are part residential subjects within the meaning of section 26(1) of the Act of 1987;

• “local non-domestic rating list” means a list compiled and maintained under section 41(1) of the Act of 1988;

• “the Act of 1987” means the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987(3);

• “the Act of 1988” means the Local Government Finance Act 1988(4).

(5) Where responsibility for expenditure which relates to housing costs met under this Schedule is shared, the amounts applicable shall be calculated by reference to the appropriate proportion of that expenditure for which the claimant is responsible.

(1)

1967 c. 9; sections 48(5) and (6) were amended by the Local Government, Planning. and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), section 33; section 48(6) was also amended by the Rates Act 1984 (c. 33), section 16 and Schedule 1, paragraph 10.

(2)

1980 c. 45.

(3)

1987 c. 47.

(4)

1988 c. 41.