Paragraph 2 Circumstances in which a person is liable to meet housing costsF1
England, Wales and Scotland
A person is liable to meet housing costs where—
the liability falls upon him or his partner but not where the liability is to a member of the same household as the person on whom the liability falls;
because the person liable to meet the housing costs is not meeting them, the claimant as to meet those costs in order to continue to live in the dwelling occupied as the home and it is reasonable in all the circumstances to treat the claimant as liable to meet those costs;
he in practice shares the housing costs with other members of the household none of whom are close relatives either of the claimant or his partner, and
one or more of those members is liable to meet those costs, and
it is reasonable in the circumstances to treat him as sharing responsibility.
Where any one or more, but not all, members of the claimant’s family are affected by a trade dispute, the housing costs shall be treated as wholly the responsibility of those members of the family not so affected.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 3 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Income Support and Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/1613), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
1986 c. 50; section 84(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meanings assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”.
- F2
1975 c. 14; section 114 is applied by section 52(3)(b) of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50); section 166(3A) is inserted by section 62 of that Act and section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1) of that Act.
Notes on Schedule 3
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 3 applied (with modifications) (S.) (6.10.2003) by The National Health Service (Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges) (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/460), reg. 1, sch. Pt. II Table B (with reg. 13)
- C2
Sch. 3 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2003/2382 (as amended by The Care Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/643), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 21(4)(b) (with art. 4))
- C3
Sch. 3 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2016) by S.I. 2007/1104 (as amended (W.) by The Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) (Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/211), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 91)