The Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013

[F1 Local housing allowance for category of accommodation in paragraph 1 U.K.

2.— (1) Subject to paragraph 5 (anomalous local housing allowances) the rent officer must determine a local housing allowance for each category of accommodation in paragraph 1 as follows.

F2 ( 2 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F3 (2A) For a broad rental market area not listed in column 1 of the table in paragraph 5A, the local housing allowance for any category of accommodation is the lower of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b).

(2B) For a broad rental market area listed in column 1 of the table in paragraph 5A, the local housing allowance—

(a) for a category of accommodation listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table, is the lower of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3A)(a) and (b);

(b) for a category of accommodation not so listed, is the lower of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b).]

(3) [F4 [F5 The amounts referred to in sub-paragraphs (2A) and (2B)(b) are—]

(a) the local housing allowance [F6 last determined for that category of accommodation] (or, where the allowance is redetermined under article 6 (redeterminations), the allowance as so redetermined); [F5 and]

(b) the rent at the 30th percentile determined in accordance with paragraph 3F5 ....]

(3A) [F7 The amounts referred to in sub-paragraph (2B)(a) are—

(a) the local housing allowance [F8 last determined for that category of accommodation] (or, where the determination is amended under article 6 (redeterminations), the allowance as so redetermined), plus 3%; and

(b) the maximum local housing allowance listed in column 2 of the following table for the category of accommodation—

[F9 1. Category of accommodation as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule	2. Maximum local housing allowance for that category of accommodation
paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)	£1,163.30
paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)	£1,163.30
paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)	£1,349.43
paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)	£1,582.09
paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)	£1,861.28]]

(4) Where the local housing allowance would otherwise not be a whole number of pence, it must be rounded to the nearest whole penny by disregarding any amount less than half a penny and treating any amount of half a penny or more as a whole penny.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 2 substituted (13.1.2014) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2978), arts. 1, 4(3)(a)

F2 Sch. 1 para. 2(2) omitted (2.11.2015) by virtue of The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1753), art. 4(3)(a) , art. 1

F3 Sch. 1 para. 2(2A), (2B) inserted (23.1.2017) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance Amendments) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1179), arts. 1, 4(3)(a)(i)

F4 Sch. 1 para. 2(3) substituted (2.11.2015) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1753), art. 4(3)(b) , art. 1

F5 Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(3) substituted and repealed (23.1.2017) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance Amendments) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1179), arts. 1, 4(3)(a)(ii), (aa)

F6 Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(3)(a) substituted (26.1.2018) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1323), arts. 1, 4(3)(a)

F7 Sch. 1 para. 2(3A) inserted (23.1.2017) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance Amendments) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1179), arts. 1, 4(3)(a)(iii)

F8 Words in Sch. 1 para. 2(3A)(a) substituted (26.1.2018) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1323), arts. 1, 4(3)(b)(i)

F9 Sch. 1 para. 2(3A)(b) substituted (26.1.2018) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/1323), arts. 1, 4(3)(b)(ii)