{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1989/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1017",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations further amend the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 in the following respects–\n(a) they increase the deduction to be made from a student’s eligible rent to £20.65, in London, and £14.80 elsewhere (regulation 3); and the amount of the personal allowance for single claimants and lone parents under 18 to £27.40 (regulation 5);\n(b) they provide, in the calculation of income and capital, for the disregard of payments made by a local authority towards maintenance, education and training of persons under 21 (regulations 6 and 7); and in the calculation of a student’s grant income, for an increase in the disregard for books and equipment (regulation 4); and\n(c) they make a minor amendment consequential on the introduction of the new pensioner premium for persons aged 75 (regulation 2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1017/note",
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  },
  "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."
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