Amendments to the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013
4.—(1) The Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 4 (local housing allowance determinations)(2)—
(a)paragraph (1) is omitted and paragraphs (2) and (2A) are re-numbered as paragraphs (1) and (2) respectively;
(b)in paragraph (1) (as re-numbered), for “(2A)” substitute “(2)” and in paragraph (2) (as re-numbered), for “(2)” substitute “(1)”;
(c)for paragraphs (3) and (4) substitute—
“(3) Any local housing allowance determination made in accordance with paragraph (1) is to take effect—
(a)in the case of a person with an existing UC entitlement—
(i)on the relevant Monday where that is the first day of an assessment period for the person in question; or
(ii)where the relevant Monday is not the first day of an assessment period for that person, on the first day of the next assessment period following that; or
(b)in any other case, on the relevant Monday.
(4) For the purposes of this article—
“a person with an existing UC entitlement” means a person who is entitled to universal credit on the relevant Monday;
“relevant Monday” means the first Monday in the first tax year that commences following the day on which the determination is made;
“tax year” means a period beginning with 6th April in one year and ending with 5th April in the next.”.
(3) In Schedule 1 (local housing allowance determinations)(3)—
(a)omit paragraph 2(2);
(b)for paragraph 2(3) substitute—
“(3) For all broad rental market areas the local housing allowance for a category of accommodation is—
(a)the local housing allowance determined for that category of accommodation on 30th January 2015 (or, where the allowance is redetermined under article 6 (redeterminations), the allowance as so redetermined); or
(b)the rent at the 30th percentile determined in accordance with paragraph 3, where that rent is lower than the allowance referred to in paragraph (a).”; and
(c)omit paragraphs 4 and 6.
Article 4 was amended by S.I. 2013/1544 and 2978 and 2014/3126.
Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2013/1544 and 2978 and 2014/3126.