Regulation 6 Reduction of benefit in cases where section 7 of the Fraud Act applies
(1)
In any case where the former occupier’s housing benefit is subject to both a reduction under these Regulations and a reduction due to the application of regulations made under section 7 of the Fraud Act (loss of benefit for commission of benefit offences), his housing benefit in any week in the restriction period is to be reduced by the greater of either—
(a)
the amount by which it would be reduced under regulation 4; or
(b)
the amount by which it would be reduced under regulation 17 of the Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations 2001f1.