The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017 No. 725

SCHEDULE 3 Circumstances in which a claimant is, or is to be, treated as occupying accommodation

PART 3 UC claimants

Temporary absence exceeding 6 months

18.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a claimant is to be treated as no longer occupying accommodation from which the claimant is temporarily absent where the absence exceeds, or is expected to exceed, 6 months.

(2) Where a claimant who falls within paragraph 14 is temporarily absent from the relevant accommodation, the claimant is to be treated as no longer occupying that accommodation where the absence exceeds, or is expected to exceed, 12 months.