Regulation 4 Limit on the amount of the discretionary housing payment that may be madeI1

The amount of a discretionary housing payment (calculated as a weekly sum) shall not exceed, in a case where the need for further financial assistance arises as a consequence of the liability to make periodical payments in respect of the dwelling which a person occupies as his home, an amount equal to the amount of the aggregate of the payments specified in regulation 10(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations^f1 (rent) less the aggregate of the amounts referred to in paragraph (3)(b)^f2 of that regulation, calculated on a weekly basis in accordance with regulations 69^f3 and 70 (calculation of weekly amounts and rent and rate-free periods) of those Regulations.