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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/213",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/17",
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  "number": "17",
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  "text": "(1) Any income derived from capital to which the claimant is or is treated under regulation 51 (capital jointly held) as beneficially entitled but, subject to sub-paragraph (2), not income derived from capital disregarded under paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 8, 14 or 25 to 28 of Schedule 6.\n(2) Income derived from capital disregarded under paragraphs 2, 4 or 25 to 28 of Schedule 6 but only to the extent of—\n(a) any mortgage repayments made in respect of the dwelling or premises in the period during which that income accrued; or\n(b) any council tax or water charges which the claimant is liable to pay in respect of the dwelling or premises and which are paid in the period during which that income accrued.\n(3) The definition of “water charges” in regulation 2(1) shall apply to sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph with the omission of the words “in so far as such charges are in respect of the dwelling which a person occupies as his home”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1072",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1072",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Income and Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
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