Amendments to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 19973

1

The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 19975 is amended as follows.

2

In Schedule 3B (broad rental market area determinations and local housing allowance determinations)6—

a

omit paragraph 2(2) and (9);

b

for paragraph 2(3) substitute—

3

For all broad rental market areas the local housing allowance for a category of dwelling is—

a

the local housing allowance determined for that category of dwelling on 30th January 2015 (or, where the determination is amended under article 7A(4) (errors), the allowance provided for in the amended determination7); or

b

the rent at the 30th percentile determined in accordance with sub-paragraphs (4) to (8), where that rent is lower than the allowance referred to in paragraph (a).

c

omit paragraph 6.