Paragraph 1A F1

England, Wales and Scotland

One additional bedroom is allowed where on the application for the determination—

(a)

F2one or more of the following persons is stated as being a person who requires overnight care—

(i)

the tenant;

(ii)

the tenant’s partner;

(iii)

a person (other than the tenant or the tenant’s partner) who occupies the dwelling as their home;

(iv)

a child or young person in respect of whom the tenant or the tenant’s partner is a qualifying parent or carer; or

(b)

the tenant or the tenant’s partner is (or both of them are) stated as being a qualifying parent or carer.

Annotations

F1: Sch. 2 para. 1A(as inserted by art.3(4) The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2836),Sch. 2 para. 1B substituted for Sch. 2 para. 1A (1.4.2013) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/666), arts. 1, 2(2)(a)
F2: Sch. 2 para. 1A(a) substituted (1.4.2017) by The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Size Criteria) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/213), regs. 1(1), 2(3)