Regulation 12 Amendment of Schedule 3 to the General Regulations

for paragraph 28 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“28

Any premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his home, and in respect of which he is taking steps to obtain possession and has sought legal advice, or has commenced legal proceedings, with a view to obtaining possession, for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which he first sought such advice or first commenced such proceedings whichever is the earlier, or such longer period as is reasonable in the circumstances to enable him to obtain possession and commence occupation of those premises.”;

in paragraph 32 at the end there shall be added the words “but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of the receipt of that payment”;

after paragraph 33 there shall be added the following paragraphs—

“34

Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate a person who was entitled to supplementary benefit in respect of a period ending immediately before 11th April 1988 but who did not become entitled to income support in respect of a period beginning with that day.

35

Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate for the loss of housing benefit supplement under regulation 19 of the Supplementary Benefit (Requirements) Regulations 1983.

36

Any payment made to a juror or witness in respect of attendance at court other than compensation for loss of earnings or for the loss of a benefit payable under the benefit Acts.

37

Any housing benefit in the form of a community charge rebate.”.