{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1990/regulation-16",
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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/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amendment of Schedule 4 to the General Regulations",
  "text": "In Schedule 4 to the General Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)–\n(a) in paragraph 13 for the reference “paragraph 31” there shall be substituted the reference “paragraph 33”;\n(b) in paragraphs 13, 14 and 33 for the reference to “£5” in each of those paragraphs there shall be substituted references to “£10”;\n(c) in paragraph 19 the words “or a boarder” shall be omitted;\n(d) after paragraph 39 there shall be added the following paragraphs–\n“40 Any community charge benefit.\n41 Any payment in consequence of a reduction of a personal community charge pursuant to regulations under section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 or section 9A of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc (Scotland) Act 1987 (reduction of liability for personal community charges).\n42 Where the claimant occupies a dwelling as his home and that dwelling is also occupied by a boarder who makes payments to the claimant in respect of his occupation–\n(a) £20.00 of any payment made by that boarder; and\n(b) if the payment exceeds £20.00, 50% of the excess.\n43 Any special war widows payment made under–\n(a) the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions (Special War Widows Payment) Order 1990 made under section 3 of the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act 1865 ;\n(b) the Royal Warrant dated 19th February 1990 amending the Schedule to the Army Pensions Warrant 1977 ;\n(c) the Queen’s Order dated 26th February 1990 made under section 2 of the Air Force (Constitution) Act 1917 ;\n(d) the Home Guard War Widows Special Payments Regulations 1990 made under section 151 of the Reserve Forces Act 1980 ;\n(e) the Orders dated 19th February 1990 amending Orders made on 12th December 1980 concerning the Ulster Defence Regiment made in each case under section 140 of the Reserve Forces Act 1980;\nand any analogous payment made by the Secretary of State for Defence to any person who is not a person entitled under the provisions mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) of this paragraph.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1987 c. 47."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1865 c. 73. Copies of the Order are available from: Ministry of Defence, NPC2, Room 317 Archway Block South, Old Admiralty Building, Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BE."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Army Code no. 13045 published by HMSO."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1917 c. 51. Queen’s Regulations for the Royal Air Force are available from HMSO."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1980 c. 9. Copies of the Regulations are available from: Ministry of Defence at the address given in footnote (d) page 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Army Code no. 60589 published by HMSO."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/546/regulation/16",
    "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."
}