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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-habitual-residence-amendment-regulations-2014/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/539",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-habitual-residence-amendment-regulations-2014",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 in relation to the definition of “person from abroad”.\nUnder regulation 10 of those Regulations, a claimant for housing benefit who is not habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland is a person from abroad and treated as not having a liability to make payments in respect of the dwelling they occupy as the home. As a result, such a person is not entitled to housing benefit. However, under regulation 10(3B), a person in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is not a person from abroad.\nRegulation 2 of these Regulations amends regulation 10(3B) so that a person who is in receipt of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance and whose only right to reside falls within regulation 10(3A) is a person from abroad.\nRegulation 3 contains a saving provision. The amendment will not apply to a person who is entitled to housing benefit and income-based jobseeker’s allowance on 31st March 2014 until that person ceases to be entitled to that award of jobseeker’s allowance or makes a new claim for housing benefit, whichever is earlier.\nAn assessment of the impact of these Regulations has been made. A copy of the impact assessment is available alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/539/note",
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  "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."
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