# The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2013, Article 2: Amendment to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997


(1) The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 2 (size criteria)—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) after paragraph (b) insert—
“(ba) a child who cannot share a bedroom;”;
(ii) after paragraph (e) add—
“but the claimant is only entitled to a bedroom in respect of a child who cannot share a bedroom if there is a bedroom in the dwelling occupied as the home that is additional to those to which the claimant would be entitled if the child were able to share a bedroom.”;
(b) for paragraph 3 substitute—
“3. In this Schedule “child who cannot share a bedroom” and “qualifying parent or carer” have the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2827/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-amendment-no-2-order-2013/article-2
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