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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-universal-credit-supported-accommodation-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/771",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Supported Accommodation) (Amendment) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-universal-credit-supported-accommodation-amendment-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013",
  "text": "(1) The Universal Credit Regulations 2013 are amended as follows.\n(2) In Schedule 1 (meaning of payments in respect of accommodation)—\n(a) in paragraph 1 (interpretation)—\n(i) for the definition of “exempt accommodation” substitute—\n““exempt accommodation” has the meaning given in paragraph 4(10) of Schedule 3 to the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006;”;\n(ii) omit the definition of “upper-tier county council”.\n(b) in paragraph 3 (payments excluded from being rent payments)—\n(i) omit paragraph (e);\n(ii) after paragraph (g) add—\n“(h) payments in respect of accommodation specified in paragraph 3A.”;\n(c) after paragraph 3 insert—\n“Specified accommodation\n3A. (1) The accommodation referred to in paragraph 3(h) is accommodation to which one or more of the following sub-paragraphs applies.\n(2) This sub-paragraph applies to accommodation which is exempt accommodation.\n(3) This sub-paragraph applies to accommodation—\n(a) which is provided by a relevant body;\n(b) into which the claimant has been admitted in order to meet a need for care, support or supervision; and\n(c) where the claimant receives care, support or supervision.\n(4) This sub-paragraph applies to accommodation which—\n(a) is provided by a local authority or a relevant body to the claimant because the claimant has left the home as a result of domestic violence; and\n(b) consists of a building, or part of a building, which is used wholly or mainly for the non-permanent accommodation of persons who have left their homes as a result of domestic violence.\n(5) This sub-paragraph applies to accommodation—\n(a) which would be a hostel within the meaning of paragraph 29(10) (renters excepted form shared accommodation) of Schedule 4 (housing costs element for renters) but for it being owned or managed by a local authority; and\n(b) where the claimant receives care, support or supervision.\n(6) In this paragraph—\n“domestic violence” has the meaning given in regulation 98 (victims of domestic violence);\n“relevant body” means a—\n(a) council for a county in England for each part of which there is a district council;\n(b) housing association;\n(c) registered charity; or\n(d) voluntary organisation”.\n(3) In Schedule 4 (housing costs element for renters) in paragraph 2 (interpretation) for the definition of “exempt accommodation” substitute—\n““exempt accommodation” has the meaning given in paragraph 4(10) of Schedule 3 to the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/376."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/217."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The definition of “domestic violence” was substituted by S.I. 2013/1508."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "There is an amendment to paragraph 2 which is not relevant to this instrument."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/217."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/771/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:21:41.190792+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}