The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

[F1 Housing costs]

7.—(1) F2 Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, the ... housing costs to be met in any particular case are—

(a) where the claimant has been entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance for a continuous period of 39 weeks or more, an amount—

F3 (i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ii) equal to any payments which qualify under paragraph 16(1)(a) to (c);

(b) in any other case, nil.

F4 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5 (2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6 (2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 7 heading substituted (1.4.2016) by The Social Security (Housing Costs Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1647), regs. 1, 3(2)(c)(iii) (with reg. 8)

F2 Word in Sch. 2 para. 7(1)(2) omitted (1.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Security (Housing Costs Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1647), regs. 1, 3(2)(c)(i) (with reg. 8)

F3 Sch. 2 para. 7(1)(a)(i) omitted (with effect in accordance with regs. 19-21 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/725), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 5 para. 3(f)(viii)

F4 Sch. 2 para. 7(2) omitted (with effect in accordance with regs. 19-21 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/725), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 5 para. 3(f)(viii)

F5 Sch. 2 para. 7(2A) omitted (with effect in accordance with regs. 19-21 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/725), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 5 para. 3(f)(viii)

F6 Sch. 2 para. 7(2B) omitted (with effect in accordance with regs. 19-21 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/725), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 5 para. 3(f)(viii)

F7 Sch. 2 para. 7(3)-(7) omitted (1.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Security (Housing Costs Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1647), regs. 1, 3(2)(c)(ii) (with reg. 8)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 2 para. 7 applied (with modifications) (5.1.2009) by The Social Security (Housing Costs Special Arrangements) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3195), regs. 1(3), 11(d)(i)(aa) (with reg. 8)

C2 Sch. 2 para. 7(1)(2) applied (with modifications) (5.1.2009) by The Social Security (Housing Costs Special Arrangements) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3195), regs. 1(3), 11(d)(i)(bb) (with reg. 8)

C3 Sch. 2 para. 7(1) applied (with modifications) (5.1.2009) by The Social Security (Housing Costs Special Arrangements) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3195), regs. 1(3), 11(d)(ii) (with reg. 8)

C4 Sch. 2 para. 7(1) applied (with modifications) (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Housing Costs Special Arrangements) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3195), regs. 1(2), 6(c) (with regs. 3, 7)

C5 Sch. 2 para. 7(1)(b): sum confirmed (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(k) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/260), arts. 1(2)(k), 24(1)(8), Sch. 12