# The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2003, Regulation 3: Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations


(1) Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (ineligible service charges) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph 1—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a)(iv), for the words from “(other than” to “them himself;” there shall be substituted
“except cleaning of—
(aa) communal areas; or
(bb) the exterior of any windows where neither the claimant nor any member of his household is able to clean them himself,
where a qualifying payment is not made in respect of such cleaning;”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (c), the words from “, except where such a system” to the end of the sub-paragraph shall be omitted; and
(c) in sub-paragraph (f), the words from “, except where those services” to the end of the sub-paragraph shall be omitted.
(3) In paragraph 7—
(a) after the definition of “fuel” there shall be inserted—
““qualifying payment” means any payment made by a local authority to the claimant or his partner, or to another person on their behalf, relating to—
(a) welfare services in respect of which the Secretary of State has paid a grant to the local authority under section 93(1) of the Local Government Act 2000 (grants for welfare services);
(b) welfare services in respect of which the National Assembly for Wales has paid a grant to the local authority under section 93(2) of the Local Government Act 2000; or
(c) housing support services in respect of which Scottish Ministers have paid a grant to the local authority under section 91(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (grants for housing support services);
and for these purposes, “local authority” shall include, in relation to England, a county council.”; and
(b) the definition of “supported accommodation” is omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/363/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-2003/regulation-3
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