Paragraph 15 Exempt renters

(1)

No deduction is to be made under paragraph 13 in the case of—

(a)

any renter who is a single person to whom sub-paragraph (2) applies; or

(b)

any joint renter where at least one joint renter is a person to whom sub-paragraph (2) applies.

(2)

This sub-paragraph applies to—

(a)

a person who is registered as blind;

(b)

a person in receipt of the care component of disability living allowance at the middle or highest rate;

(c)

a person in receipt of attendance allowance;

(d)

a person in receipt of the daily living component of personal independence payment;

(e)

a person who is entitled to a payment within paragraph (b), (c) or (d) but is not receiving it under, as the case may be—

(i)

regulation 8 of the Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Regulations 1991^f1,

(ii)

regulation 6 of the Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Regulations 1991^f2,

(iii)

regulation 21 of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982^f3, or

(iv)

regulations under section 86 of the Act (payment of personal independence payment while a person is a hospital in-patient).

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