Regulation 8 Amendment of the principal Regulations

The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:–

(a)

in regulation 43–

(i)

there shall be substituted for the word “rent”, in each place where it occurs except in paragraph (3)(a), the word “housing”;

(ii)

the words “and rates” in paragraph (3)(a) shall be deleted; and

(iii)

there shall be substituted for the word “flat-rate” in paragraph (3)(b) the word “half-rate”;

(b)

in regulation 44(2) there shall be substituted for the words “rent allowance” the words “housing allowance”;

(c)

in regulation 47(1)(d)–

(i)

the words “rates (within the meaning of regulation 42(7))” shall be deleted; and

(ii)

there shall be substituted for the words “rent allowance” in each place where they occur, the words “housing allowance or transitional rent allowance”;

(d)

in regulation 66–

(i)

there shall be inserted in paragraph (1) after the words “regulation 42(1)” in the first place where they occur the words “or a transitional rent allowance under regulation 42B”;

(ii)

there shall be substituted for the words “rent allowance” in each place where they occur the words “housing allowance”;

(iii)

the words “and rates” shall be deleted; and

(iv)

there shall be inserted at the end of paragraph (a) of the proviso to paragraph (1) the words “or a transitional rent allowance under regulation 42B”;

(e)

in paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 1, there shall be substituted for the words “rent allowance” the words “housing allowance or transitional rent allowance”; and

(f)

in paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 9–

(i)

for the words “rent allowance” there shall be substituted the words “housing allowance or transitional rent allowance”; and

(ii)

for the words “that regulation” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 42 or 42B respectively”.