# The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, Paragraph 12


In this Schedule, “rent” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph (10) of regulation 14 (interpretation of “tenancy” and other expressions appropriate to a tenancy) and, subject to that paragraph, has the same meaning—
(a) in Scotland, as in section 25 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 , except that the reference to the house in subsection (3) shall be construed as a reference to the dwelling;
(b) in any other case, as in section 14 of the Housing Act 1988 , except that the reference to the dwelling-house in subsection (4) shall be construed as a reference to the dwelling,
and—
(i) other expressions have the same meanings as in regulation 14(10);
(ii) in the case of a determination by a rent officer pursuant to a request for such a determination under regulation 14(1)(e), any reference to a “tenancy” shall be taken as a reference to a prospective tenancy and any reference to an “occupier” or any person “occupying” a dwelling shall, in the case of such a determination, be taken to be a reference to a potential occupier or potential occupation of that dwelling.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/213/schedule/2/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-12
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