{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-14",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/546",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedule 2 to the General Regulations",
  "text": "In Schedule 2 to the General Regulations (applicable amounts)–\n(a) in paragraph 6, in sub-paragraph (1) for the words from “either the higher pensioner premium” to the end of that sub-paragraph there shall be substituted the words “any other premium which may apply under this Schedule.”;\n(b) in paragraph 7(b) after the words “Employment and Training Act 1973” there shall be added the words “or for any period during which he is in receipt of a training allowance”;\n(c) in paragraph 8 for the words from “is a member” to the end there shall be substituted the words “is a lone parent”;\n(d) at the end of paragraph 10(3) there shall be added–\n“(c) where the claimant or his partner–\n(i) was entitled to community charge benefit at any time in the period of 8 weeks before becoming entitled or re-entitled to housing benefit, and\n(ii) satisfied the conditions in respect of the higher pensioner premium under paragraphs 11 and 13 of Schedule 1 to the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989,\nfor the purpose of establishing entitlement or re-entitlement to housing benefit, he or his partner shall be treated as satisfying the equivalent conditions for higher pensioner premium under this paragraph and paragraph 12.”;\n(e) in paragraph 12–\n(i) in sub-paragraph (1) for head (b) there shall be substituted the following–\n“(b) the circumstances of the claimant fall, and have fallen, in respect of a continuous period of not less than 28 weeks, within sub-paragraph (6) or, if he was in Northern Ireland for the whole or part of that period, within one or more comparable Northern Irish provisions;”;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (5) after the words “Employment and Training Act 1973” there shall be added the words “or for any period during which he is in receipt of a training allowance”;\n(iii) at the end of paragraph 12 there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs–\n“(6) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) the circumstances of a claimant fall within this sub-paragraph if–\n(a) he provides evidence of incapacity in accordance with regulation 2 of the Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976 (evidence of incapacity for work) in support of a claim for sickness benefit, invalidity pension or severe disablement allowance within the meaning of sections 14, 15 or 36 of the Social Security Act, provided that an adjudication officer has not determined he is not incapable of work, or\n(b) he is in receipt of statutory sick pay within the meaning of Part I of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982.”;\n(f) in paragraph 13–\n(a) in sub-paragraph (2)(a)(iii) the words “no one is in receipt of” shall be omitted; and after the words “Social Security Act” there shall be inserted the words “is not in payment to anyone”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (2)(b) for the words “there is someone in receipt of an invalid care allowance” there shall be substituted the words “an invalid care allowance is payable to someone”; and, for the words “there is no-one in receipt of such an allowance” there shall be substituted the words “such an allowance is not in payment to anyone”;\n(g) after paragraph 14A there shall be inserted the following paragraph–\n“Person in receipt of benefit\n14B For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, a person shall be regarded as being in receipt of any benefit if, and only if, it is paid in respect of him and shall be so regarded only for any period in respect of which that benefit is paid.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1976/615; relevant amending instruments S.I. 1982/699 and 1987/409."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1982 c. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See S.I. 1988/1971."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/546/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:24:40.365177+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."
}