Paragraph 12 Occupying accommodation: general rule

Subject to the following paragraphs of this Part, the accommodation which the claimant occupies as the claimant’s home is the accommodation which the claimant normally occupies the home.

Where the claimant occupies more than one dwelling, in determining whether accommodation is the accommodation normally occupied as the home for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), regard is to be had to all the circumstances including (among other things) any persons with whom the claimant occupies each dwelling.

Where accommodation which a claimant occupies as the claimant’s home is situated on or pertains to a croft, croft land used for the purposes of the accommodation is to be treated as included in the accommodation.