The Social Security (Housing Costs Amendments) Regulations 2015

Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008

4.—(1) The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008(1) are amended as follows, subject to regulation 8 (saving provision).

(2) In Schedule 6 (housing costs)(2)—

(a) in paragraph 1(2) (housing costs), omit the definition of “existing housing costs” and “new housing costs”;

(b) omit paragraph 8 (existing housing costs);

(c) in paragraph 9 (new housing costs)—

(i) in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), omit “new”;

(ii) omit sub-paragraphs (4) to (7); and

(iii) for the heading, substitute “Housing costs”;

(d) in paragraph 10 (general exclusions from paragraphs 8 and 9)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1), for “Paragraphs 8 and 9” substitute “Paragraph 9”; and

(ii) in the heading, for “paragraphs 8 and 9” substitute “paragraph 9”;

(e) in paragraph 11 (the calculation for loans), for “existing housing costs or, as the case may be, new housing costs” substitute “housing costs”;

(f) in paragraph 12 (general provisions applying to new and existing housing costs)—

(i) omit sub-paragraphs (1) and (2); and

(ii) in the heading, omit “new and existing”;

(g) in paragraph 14(9) (excessive housing costs), for “paragraphs 8 and 9” substitute “paragraph 9”;

(h) in paragraph 15 (linking rule)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (6)(a), omit “8(1) or”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (14), omit paragraph (a); and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (18), omit “8(1)(a), 8(1)(b) or”; and

(i) in paragraph 20 (continuity with income support, an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or state pension credit), omit sub-paragraph (1)(a).

(1)

S.I. 2008/794.

(2)

Schedule 6 was modified by S.I. 2008/3195. S.I. 2008/3195 was revoked by regulation 7(1) of these Regulations, subject to regulation 7(2) and regulation 8 (savings).