The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2018

Amendment of the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997

3.—(1) Schedule 3B (broad rental market area determinations and local housing allowance determinations) of the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 2 (local housing allowance for category of dwelling in paragraph 1)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (2A) for “other than Lothian and East Dunbartonshire” substitute “not listed in column 1 of the table in paragraph 5A”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (2B) substitute—

“(2B) For a broad rental market area listed in column 1 of the table in paragraph 5A, the local housing allowance—

(a) for a category of dwelling listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table, is the lowest of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3A)(a), (b) and (c);

(b) for a category of dwelling not so listed, is the lower of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b).”;

(c) omit sub-paragraph (2C);

(d) in sub-paragraph (3) for “(2A), (2B)(b) and (2C)(b)” substitute “(2A) and (2B)(b)”;

(e) in sub-paragraph (3A)—

(i) omit “and (2C)(a)”;

(ii) after paragraph (a) omit “and”;

(iii) for the table in paragraph (b) substitute—

“1. Category of accommodation as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule	2. Maximum local housing allowance for that category of dwelling
paragraph (1)(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)	£276.51
paragraph (1)(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)	£276.51
paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)	£320.74
paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)	£376.04
paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)	£442.42”

(iv) after paragraph (b) insert—

“; and

(c)

the rent at the 30th percentile determined in accordance with sub-paragraphs (4) to (8).”.

(3) After paragraph 5 insert—

“5A.   The table referred to in paragraph 2(2A) and (2B) is as follows—

1. Broad rental market area	2. Category of accomodation as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule
East Dunbartonshire	Paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)
Fife	Paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Forth Valley	Paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Greater Glasgow	Paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)
Greater Glasgow	Paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)
Greater Glasgow	Paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)
Highlands and Islands	Paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Lothian	Paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Lothian	Paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)
Lothian	Paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)
Lothian	Paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)
North Lanarkshire	Paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Scottish Borders	Paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)
South Lanarkshire	Paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)
West Lothian	Paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)
West Lothian	Paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)”.

(1)

S.I. 1997/1995. Schedule 3B was inserted by S.I. 2007/2871 and amended by S.I. 2016/1179 and 2017/1323. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant.