# The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, Paragraph 9: General exclusions from paragraph 8

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Paragraph 8 shall not apply where—
(a) the claimant’s partner has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit;
(b) the housing costs are payments—
(i) under a co-ownership agreement;
(ii) under or relating to a tenancy or licence of a Crown tenant; or
(iii) where the dwelling occupied as the home is a tent, in respect of the tent and the site on which it stands.
(2) In a case falling within sub-paragraph (1), the housing costs to be met are—
(a) where head (a) of sub-paragraph (1) applies, an amount—
(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii) equal to the payments which qualify under paragraph 17;
(b) where head (b) of sub-paragraph (1) applies, an amount equal to the payments which qualify under paragraph 17(1)(d) to (f).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1967/schedule/3/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-1987/schedule-3/paragraph-9
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