{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-order-1997/schedule-3A/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1984",
  "legislation_title": "The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Categories of dwelling",
  "text": "(1) The categories of dwelling for which a rent officer is required to determine a local housing allowance in accordance with article 4B(2)(a)(i) are—\n(a) a dwelling where the tenant has the exclusive use of only one bedroom and where the tenancy provides for him to—\n(i) share the use of a kitchen, a bathroom and toilet and a room suitable for living in;\n(ii) have the exclusive use of a kitchen or facilities for cooking and share the use of a bathroom and toilet and a room suitable for living in; or\n(iii) have the exclusive use of a bathroom and toilet and share the use of a kitchen and a room suitable for living in;\n(b) a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only two rooms;\n(c) a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only three rooms;\n(d) a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only four rooms;\n(e) a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only five rooms;\n(f) a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only six rooms.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(b) to (f) of this paragraph and in paragraph 3 “room” means a bedroom or room suitable for living in, except for a room which the tenant shares with any person other than—\n(a) a member of his household;\n(b) a non-dependant of the tenant (within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 3 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations ); or\n(c) a person who pays rent to the tenant.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A inserted (24.9.2003) by Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance) Amendment Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2398), arts. 1(1), 2(10), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 3A omitted (7.4.2008) by virtue of Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2871), arts. 1(4), 6(8) (with arts. 2, 6(1), (2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 1(2)(b) substituted (7.4.2008) by Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2871), arts. 1(4), 10(8) (with art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3A para. 1(2)(b) substituted (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 11(11) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1984/schedule/3A/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:21.166385+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."
}