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2.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(1) are amended as follows, subject to regulation 8 (saving provision).
(2) In Schedule 3 (housing costs)(2)—
(a)in paragraph 1(2) (housing costs), omit the definition of “existing housing costs” and “new housing costs”;
(b)omit paragraph 6 (existing housing costs);
(c)omit paragraph 7 (transitional protection);
(d)in paragraph 8 (new housing costs)—
(i)in sub-paragraphs (1) and (1A), omit “new”;
(ii)omit sub-paragraphs (2) to (5); and
(iii)for the heading, substitute “Housing costs”;
(e)in paragraph 9 (general exclusions from paragraphs 6 and 8)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (1), for “Paragraphs 6 and 8” substitute “Paragraph 8”; and
(ii)in the heading, for “paragraphs 6 and 8” substitute “paragraph 8”;
(f)in paragraph 10 (the calculation for loans), for “existing housing costs or, as the case may be, new housing costs” substitute “housing costs”;
(g)in paragraph 11 (general provisions applying to new and existing housing costs)—
(i)omit sub-paragraphs (2) and (3); and
(ii)in the heading, omit “new and existing”;
(h)in paragraph 13(9) (excessive housing costs), for “paragraphs 6 and 8” substitute “paragraph 8”; and
(i)in paragraph 14 (linking rule)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (3AA)(a), omit “6(1) or”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (9), omit paragraph (a); and
(iii)in sub-paragraph (13), omit “6(1)(a), 6(1)(b) or”.
Schedule 3 was modified by S.I. 1995/516 and 2008/3195. S.I. 2008/3195 is revoked by regulation 7(1) of these Regulations, subject to regulation 7(2) and regulation 8 (savings). Relevant amendments were made to Schedule 3 by S.I. 1995/1613 and 2927, 1996/206, 1997/2305, 1999/1921, 2001/3651 and 488, 2002/841, 2004/2825 and 2008/1554.