Paragraph 5 Anomalous local housing allowancesC1C2C3
F1Subject to paragraph 7, where—
the rent officer has determined the local housing allowance for each of the categories of accommodation in paragraph 1 in accordance with the preceding paragraphs of this Schedule; and
the local housing allowance for a category of accommodation in paragraph 1(b) to (e) is lower than the local housing allowance for any of the categories of accommodation which precede it,
that local housing allowance is to be the same as the highest local housing allowance which precedes it.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 1 para. 5 substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 4(3)
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 1 modified (28.1.2021) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1519), arts. 1, 4
- C2
Sch. 1 modified (31.1.2022) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment and Modification) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1380), arts. 1(1), 7
- C3
Sch. 1 modified (31.1.2023) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/6), arts. 1(1), 4
Notes on Schedule 1
Modifications
- C4
Sch. 1 modified (31.1.2025) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/5), arts. 1(1), 4
- C5
Sch. 1 modified (30.1.2026) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/5), arts. 1(1), 4