The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997

Article 7

SCHEDULE 4E+W+S SPECIAL CASES

HouseboatsE+W+S

1.  Where an application for a determination or a redetermination relates in whole or in part to mooring charges for a houseboat, this Order applies in relation to that application (or, as the case may be, to that part which relates to those charges) with the following modifications—

(a)references to a tenancy, a tenancy of a dwelling [F1or an assured tenancy][F1, an assured tenancy or an occupation contract] are references to an agreement under which those charges are payable (and references to a landlord and a tenant shall be construed accordingly); and

(b)no determination shall be made under paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 (size criteria) and references to the dwelling exceeding the size criteria shall not apply.

Mobile homesE+W+S

2.  Where an application for a determination or redetermination relates in whole or in part to payments in respect of the site on which a caravan or a mobile home stands, this Order applies in relation to that application (or, as the case may be, that part which relates to those payments) with the following modifications—

(a)references to a tenancy, a tenancy of a dwelling [F2or an assured tenancy][F2, an assured tenancy or an occupation contract] are references to an agreement under which those payments are payable (and references to a landlord and a tenant shall be construed accordingly); and

(b)no determination shall be made under paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 1 (size criteria) and references to the dwelling exceeding the size criteria shall not apply.

Rental purchase agreementsE+W+S

3.  Where an application for a determination or a redetermination relates to a rental purchase agreement, the agreement is to be treated as if it were a tenancy.