# The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017, Paragraph 10


(1) The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Regulations 1988 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation), in paragraph (2)—
(a) in the definition of “claimant” after “universal credit” insert “or who is in receipt of owner-occupier loan payments”;
(b) in the appropriate place insert—
““owner-occupier loan payments” means loan payments made under the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017;”.
(3) In regulation 1A (prescribed description of persons)—
(a) in paragraph (2)—
(i) omit “or” between sub-paragraphs (d) and (e);
(ii) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—
“; or
(f) owner-occupier loan payments and is treated as entitled to a benefit specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).”;
(b) in paragraph (3)—
(i) in the opening words for “(d) or (e)” substitute “(d), (e) or (f)”;
(ii) omit “or” between sub-paragraphs (e) and (f);
(iii) after sub-paragraph (f) insert—
“; or
(g) where P has been awarded owner-occupier loan payments, P’s applicable amount, if P were entitled to a benefit specified in paragraph (2)(b) to (d), would include one or more of the premiums specified in—
(aa) where P is treated as entitled to income support, paragraphs 9 to 14 of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the General Regulations;
(bb) where P is treated as entitled to jobseeker’s allowance, paragraphs 10 to 16 of Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996;
(cc) where P is treated as entitled to employment and support allowance, paragraphs 5 to 7 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008.”;
(c) after paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A) In paragraph (3), a person being treated as entitled to a benefit has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(2)(aa) of the Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/725/schedule/5/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/loans-for-mortgage-interest-regulations-2017/schedule-5/paragraph-10
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