# The Employment and Support Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provision) Regulations 2017, Regulation 5: Amendments to the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006


(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) in the definition for “main phase employment and support allowance” after “Welfare Reform Act” insert “or the claimant is a member of the work-related activity group, ”;
(b) in the definition for “member of the work-related activity group” for “claimant” substitute “person”.
(3) In paragraph (8)(c)(ii) of regulation 7 (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home)—
(a) omit “23 or”;
(b) after “of that Schedule” insert “or the claimant or the claimant’s partner is a member of the work-related activity group”.
(4) In paragraph (8)(a) of regulation 74 (non-dependant deductions) for “or where the non-dependant is not a member of the work-related activity group” substitute “and where the non-dependant is not a member of the work-related activity group”.
(5) In paragraph 1A(a) of Schedule 3 (applicable amounts) after “personally” insert “or the claimant is personally a member of the work-related activity group”.
(6) In paragraph 17(2)(b)(iv)(bb) of Schedule 4 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings) omit “and is engaged in remunerative work for on average not less than 16 hours per week”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/581/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-miscellaneous-amendments-and-transitional-and-savings-provision-regulations-2017/regulation-5
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