Regulation 3 Circumstances in which discretionary housing payments may be madeF1

a liability to meet any of the ineligible service charges specified in F2Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (ineligible service charges);

a liability to meet any payment in respect of service charges other than a payment listed in paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Universal Credit Regulations;

a liability to meet charges for water, sewerage or allied environmental services;

a liability to meet council tax payments F4...;

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a liability to meet the increase in such payment as is referred to in F7regulation 11(3) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or regulation 11(2) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations ;

a reduction of an amount of benefit by virtue of F8section 46(5) of the Child Support Act 1991 M1;

a reduction of a specified amount of benefit by virtue of section 2A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 M2;

a reduction in the amount of a jobseeker’s allowance payable by virtue of section 17 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 M3;

the non-payability of a jobseeker’s allowance or a reduction in the amount of a jobseeker’s allowance payable, pursuant to a decision made by virtue of F9regulation 27A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 or section 19 or 20A F10or regulations made under section 17A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 M4;

the suspension of payment of an amount of benefit by virtue of section 21, 22 or 24 of the Social Security Act 1998 M5 or section 68 of, and paragraphs 13 and 14 of Schedule 7 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000;

a restriction in relation to the payment of benefit imposed pursuant to F12 ... F13 section F14 6B 7, 8 or 9 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (loss of benefit provisions);

a reduction of housing benefit imposed pursuant to section 130B of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (loss of housing benefit following eviction on certain grounds).

a reduction in the amount of benefit due to recovery of an overpayment under Part 13 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or Part 12 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations, or recovery of excess benefit under Part 11 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 or Part 10 of the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006.

a reduction in the amount of universal credit due to recovery of an overpayment pursuant to section 71ZB of the Social Security Administration Act 1992;

a reduction in the amount of universal credit pursuant to a decision made under section 26 or 27 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.