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where the claimant is a lone parent to whom sub-paragraph (3) applies, C1£22.20;

in any other case, F3£20.22.

who was entitled to housing benefit on 5th April 1998 and whose applicable amount on that date included the amount applicable under F5sub-paragraph (1)(a) as in force on that date; or

who was not entitled to housing benefit on 5th April 1998 because that date fell during a rent free period as defined in regulation 81(1) (rent free periods) and his applicable amount on that date would have included the amount applicable under sub-paragraph (1)(a) as in force on that date; or

on becoming entitled to housing benefit where that lone parent—

the claimant has not ceased to be entitled, or has not ceased to be treated as entitled, to housing benefit;

the claimant has not ceased to be a lone parent;

where the claimant was entitled to income support or to an income-based jobseeker's allowance on 5th April 1998, he has F6continuously, since that date, been entitled to income support, an income-based jobseeker's allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance or a combination of those benefits;

where the claimant was not entitled to income support or to an income-based jobseeker's allowance on 5th April 1998, he has not become entitled to F7income support, an income-based jobseeker's allowance or an income-related employment and support allowance; and

a premium under paragraph F8... 12 F9or a component under paragraph 23 or 24 has not become applicable to the claimant.

during any period where he was not, or had ceased to be, so entitled and throughout that period, he had been awarded council tax benefit and his applicable amount included the amount applicable under paragraph 3(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 (lone parent rate of family premium); or

during any rent free period as defined for the purposes of regulation 81(1).