Regulation 6 Amendment of regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations

in sub-paragraph (a) for the word “they” there shall be substituted the words “those payments”;

for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(b)

where those payments include any of the service charges specified in paragraph (1ZA)—

(i)

that such charges are included; and

(ii)

the amount of those charges which the appropriate authority has determined as—

(aa)

ineligible to be met by housing benefit in accordance with regulation 10(3) and Schedule 1 (ineligible service charges); and

(bb)

eligible to be met by housing benefit in accordance with regulation 10(3), that Schedule and Schedule 1B (service charges for claimants in supported accommodation).”;

sub-paragraph (c)^f2 shall be omitted; and

after paragraph (1A) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(1ZA)

Charges in respect of the following are the service charges to which sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1A) applies—

(a)

the cleaning of rooms and windows (except services specified in sub-paragraphs (a)(iv)(aa) or (bb) of paragraph (1) of Schedule 1 (ineligible service charges));

(b)

the provision of an emergency alarm system;

(c)

medical expenses;

(d)

the provision of nursing care or personal care; and

(e)

general counselling or other support services.”