SCHEDULE 4Housing costs element for renters
PART 5Social rented sector F1...
F2Amount taken into account as the relevant payment
Sch. 4 Pt. 5 para. 31 heading substituted (30.4.2017) by The Universal Credit (Tenant Incentive Scheme) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/427), regs. 1, 2(2)
Power to apply to rent officer if relevant payments excessive32
1
Sub-paragraph (2) applies where it appears to the Secretary of State that the amount of any relevant payment for which the renter is liable in respect of accommodation occupied by the renter is greater than it is reasonable to meet by way of the housing costs element under this Part.
2
The Secretary of State may apply to a rent officer for a determination to be made as to the amount of the relevant payment by the officer in exercise of the officer's Housing Act functions.
3
Sub-paragraph (4) applies in any case where a rent officer determines that a landlord might, at the time of the application under sub-paragraph (2), reasonably have expected to obtain a lower amount of the description of relevant payment referred to the rent officer.
4
The lower amount determined by the rent officer is to be used in making the calculation under this Part, instead of the amount of the relevant payment for which the renter is liable, unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is not appropriate to use that lower amount.
Words in Sch. 4 Pt. 5 heading omitted (11.4.2018) by virtue of The Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments, Saving and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/65), regs. 1(4), 3(13)(g) (with reg. 8(2)(3))