Regulation 12 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations

In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (ineligible service charges) after sub-paragraph 2(1) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(1A)

Subject to paragraph 1A, where the appropriate authority considers that the amount of any service charge to which regulation 10(1)(e) (rent) applies and which is separately identified within other payments made by the occupier in respect of the dwelling is unreasonably low having regard to the service provided, it shall substitute a sum for the charge in question which it considers represents the value of the services concerned and the amount so substituted shall be ineligible to be met by housing benefit.”.