# The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997, Paragraph 1: Categories of dwelling

Extent: E+W+S

(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—
(a) a dwelling where the tenant has the exclusive use of only one bedroom and where the tenancy provides for him to—
(i) share the use of a kitchen, a bathroom and toilet and a room suitable for living in;
(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
(iii) have the exclusive use of a bathroom and toilet and share the use of a kitchen and a room suitable for living in;
(b) a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only two rooms;
(c) a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only three rooms;
(d) a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only four rooms;
(e) a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only five rooms;
(f) a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only six rooms.
(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—
(a) a member of his household;
(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
(c) a person who pays rent to the tenant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1984/schedule/3A/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-order-1997/schedule-3A/paragraph-1
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