{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-and-universal-credit-functions-amendment-order-2018/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1332",
  "legislation_title": "The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-and-universal-credit-functions-amendment-order-2018",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 3B (broad rental market area determinations and local housing allowance determinations) of the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997 is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 2 (local housing allowance for category of dwelling in paragraph 1)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (2A) for “other than Lothian and East Dunbartonshire” substitute “not listed in column 1 of the table in paragraph 5A”;\n(b) for sub-paragraph (2B) substitute—\n“(2B) For a broad rental market area listed in column 1 of the table in paragraph 5A, the local housing allowance—\n(a) for a category of dwelling listed in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table, is the lowest of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3A)(a), (b) and (c);\n(b) for a category of dwelling not so listed, is the lower of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b).”;\n(c) omit sub-paragraph (2C);\n(d) in sub-paragraph (3) for “(2A), (2B)(b) and (2C)(b)” substitute “(2A) and (2B)(b)”;\n(e) in sub-paragraph (3A)—\n(i) omit “and (2C)(a)”;\n(ii) after paragraph (a) omit “and”;\n(iii) for the table in paragraph (b) substitute—\n“\n1. Category of accommodation as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule\n2. Maximum local housing allowance for that category of dwelling\nparagraph (1)(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)\n£276.51\nparagraph (1)(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)\n£276.51\nparagraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)\n£320.74\nparagraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)\n£376.04\nparagraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)\n£442.42\n”\n(iv) after paragraph (b) insert—\n“; and\n(c) the rent at the 30th percentile determined in accordance with sub-paragraphs (4) to (8).”.\n(3) After paragraph 5 insert—\n“5A. The table referred to in paragraph 2(2A) and (2B) is as follows—\n1. Broad rental market area\n2. Category of accomodation as defined in the following paragraphs of this Schedule\nEast Dunbartonshire\nParagraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)\nFife\nParagraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)\nForth Valley\nParagraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)\nGreater Glasgow\nParagraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)\nGreater Glasgow\nParagraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)\nGreater Glasgow\nParagraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)\nHighlands and Islands\nParagraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)\nLothian\nParagraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)\nLothian\nParagraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use)\nLothian\nParagraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)\nLothian\nParagraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)\nNorth Lanarkshire\nParagraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)\nScottish Borders\nParagraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)\nSouth Lanarkshire\nParagraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms)\nWest Lothian\nParagraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms)\nWest Lothian\nParagraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms)\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/1995. Schedule 3B was inserted by S.I. 2007/2871 and amended by S.I. 2016/1179 and 2017/1323. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1332/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:50:41.272750+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}