{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-charge-benefits-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1990/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-charge-benefits-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1990/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1773",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Charge Benefits (General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-charge-benefits-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (interpretation) —\n(a) after the definition of “earnings” there shall be inserted the following definition —\n““eligible rent” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 10 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (rent);”;\n(b) after the definition of “unmarried couple” there shall be inserted the following definition —\n““water charges” means —\n(a) as respects England and Wales, any water and sewerage charges under Chapter IV of Part II of the Water Act 1989,\n(b) as respects Scotland, any water and sewerage charges under Schedule 5 to the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987,\nin so far as such charges are in respect of the dwelling which a person occupies as his home;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1971; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1971 and 1990/546."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1989 c. 15."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1987 c. 47."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1773/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:07:39.623563+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}