# The Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013, Paragraph 5: Anomalous local housing allowances


Subject to paragraph 7, where—
(a) 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
(b) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/382/schedule/1/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-universal-credit-functions-order-2013/schedule-1/paragraph-5
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