# The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998, Paragraph 16: Apportionment


For the purposes of this Schedule, where more than one person is liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling the designated rent shall be apportioned on the same basis as such payments are apportioned under regulation 12(5) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 12(5) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (rent).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/562/schedule/4/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-subsidy-to-authorities-order-1998/schedule-4/paragraph-16
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