Paragraph 11 Interpretation

In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation” means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order;

• “ineligible amounts” means—

  1. (a)

     where—

     1. (i)

        the rent determination was made before 1st April 1991 or in the case of a redetermination the original rent determination was made before 1st April 1991, any amount which the rent officer determines under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order^f1 is attributable to the provision of services ineligible to be met by housing benefit, except to the extent that it relates to fuel charges, plus the amount in respect of such charges ineligible to be met under Part II of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (payments in respect of fuel charges);

     2. (ii)

        the rent determination was made on or after 1st April 1991, any amount which the rent officer determines under paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order is attributable to the provision of services ineligible to be met by housing benefit, plus the amount in respect of fuel charges ineligible to be met under Part II of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (payments in respect of fuel charges);

  2. (b)

     any amount in respect of amounts ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1A of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (amount ineligible for meals)^f2;

  3. (c)

     where the dwelling is a hostel within the meaning of regulation 12A of the Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officers), any amount ineligible to be met by housing benefit under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (ineligible service charges), other than under sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) of that paragraph;

• “reasonable market rent” means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order;

and other expressions used in this Schedule and in the Rent Officers Order have the same meanings in this Schedule as they have in that Order.