# The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1993, Regulation 12: Amendment of Schedule 1A to the 1987 Regulations


In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A to the 1987 Regulations (excluded tenancies)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1) for the words “(2) and (3)” there shall be substituted the words “(2) to (5)”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (3) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—
“(4) Except where the appropriate local authority has previously applied to a rent officer pursuant to this sub-paragraph in respect of the tenancy, sub-paragraph (1) shall not apply where—
(a) subsequent to the making of the determination mentioned in that sub-paragraph there has been a rent increase in respect of the tenancy during the period beginning on 1st April 1993 and ending on 31st March 1994; and
(b) at the date of that increase the claimant was not liable to pay council tax by virtue of regulations made under section 8 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (liability to council tax in prescribed cases); and
(c) the rent increase does not come within head (c) of sub-paragraph (3).
(5) In sub-paragraph (1) “determination” does not include a determination made as a result of an application to a rent officer pursuant to sub-paragraph (4).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/317/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1993/regulation-12
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