# 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(2A)(a) are—
(a) a dwelling where the tenant has the exclusive use of only one bedroom and where the tenancy provides for him to share the use of one or more of—
(i) a kitchen;
(ii) a bathroom;
(iii) a toilet; or
(iv) a room suitable for living in;
(b) a dwelling where the tenant (together with his partner where he has one) has the exclusive use of only one bedroom and exclusive use of a kitchen, a bathroom, a toilet and a room suitable for living in;
(c) a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only two bedrooms;
(d) a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only three bedrooms;
(e) a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only four bedrooms;
( f ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) In—
(a) sub-paragraph (1)(b) “partner” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations ;
(b) sub-paragraph (1)(c) to (e) “bedroom” means a bedroom, except for a bedroom which the tenant shares with any person other than—
(i) a member of his household;
(ii) 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
(iii) a person who pays rent to the tenant.

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