Regulation 5 Removal allowance

Regulation 47 (removal allowance) of the principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:–

(a)

in paragraph (1)(d)–

(i)

by substituting for the words from “his payments” to “rent payable” the words “payments made by him to meet relevant liabilities”, and

(ii)

by deleting the words from “up to an amount” to “before the move”; and

(b)

by inserting after paragraph (2)–

“(2A)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d) relevant liabilities are–

(a)

liabilities in respect of mortgage interest or rent payable in connection with his former home; and

(b)

in respect of any days in respect of which he is liable to pay council tax in respect of his former home, the amount by which that tax and any council tax he is liable to pay in respect of his new home exceeds the council tax that he would have been liable to pay in respect of his former home if he had not moved from it.”.

(c)

by substituting, in paragraph (6)^f1, for the sum “£1,290” the sum “£1,315”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The sum specified in regulation 47(6) was substituted by S.I. 1993/3081.