The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997

[F1 1A.   One additional bedroom is allowed where on the application for the determination— S

(a) [F2 one or more of the following persons is stated as being a person who requires overnight care—

(i) the tenant;

(ii) the tenant’s partner;

(iii) a person (other than the tenant or the tenant’s partner) who occupies the dwelling as their home;

(iv) a child or young person in respect of whom the tenant or the tenant’s partner is a qualifying parent or carer; or]

(b) the tenant or the tenant’s partner is (or both of them are) stated as being a qualifying parent or carer.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 para. 1A-para. 1B substituted for Sch. 2 para. 1A (1.4.2013) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/666), arts. 1, 3(2)(a)

F2 Sch. 2 para. 1A(a) substituted (1.4.2017) by The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Size Criteria) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/213), regs. 1(1), 3(3)