# The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 5 Regulations 1988, Regulation 2: Amendment of regulation 2 of the General Regulations

Extent: E+W+S

In regulation 2(1) of the General Regulations (interpretation)—
(a) after the definition of“benefit week”, there shall be inserted the following definition—
““board and lodging accommodation” means—
(a) accommodation provided to a person or, if he is a member of a family, to him or any other member of his family, for a charge which is inclusive of the provision of that accommodation and at least some cooked or prepared meals which both are cooked or prepared (by a person other than the person to whom the accommodation is provided or a member of his family) and are consumed in that accommodation or associated premises; or
(b) accommodation provided to a person in a hotel, guest house, lodging house or some similar establishment,
except accommodation provided by a close relative of his or of any other member of his family, or other than on a commercial basis;”;
(b) for the definition of“polygamous marriage” there shall be substituted the following definition—
““polygamous marriage” means any marriage during the subsistence of which a party to it is married to more than one person and the ceremony of marriage took place under the law of a country which permits polygamy;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2022/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-5-regulations-1988/regulation-2
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