# The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1988, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987. They raise the capital limit over which a person is not to be entitled to housing benefit, the limit for treating outstanding capital as income and the limit for calculating weekly tariff income, to £8,000 (regulation 2). They also disregard, in the calculation of income, any training premium paid to a person participating in arrangements for training under the Employment and Training Act 1973 and, in the calculation of income and capital, any payment made to compensate for the loss of housing benefit on the introduction of the scheme on 1st April 1988 (regulations 3 and 4). In addition, in the calculation of capital, they disregard the claimant’s interest in his former home where he has left that home following his estrangement or divorce from his former partner or in premises where he is seeking possession of it or essential repairs are required before occupation, for a period of 26 weeks or longer if reasonable (regulation 4).
The Regulations are made before the expiry of 12 months from the commencement of the enactment under which they are made: they are accordingly exempt, by section 61(5) of the Social Security Act 1986, from reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee and have not been so referred.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/909/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1988/note
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