# The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2003, Regulation 2: Amendment of regulations 12 and 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations


(1) In regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (restriction on rent increases) as saved by regulation 4(3) of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1997 for “may” where it first appears there shall be substituted “shall”.
(2) In regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officers)—
(a) in paragraph (1A)(b), for “1(d)” there shall be substituted “1(a)(iv) and (c)”;
(b) paragraph (1A)(c) shall be omitted; and
(c) in paragraph (7A), for “specified in paragraph (1ZA)” there shall be substituted “to which paragraph (1A)(b) applies”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/363/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-2003/regulation-2
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