{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-universal-credit-functions-order-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-universal-credit-functions-order-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/382",
  "legislation_title": "The Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-universal-credit-functions-order-2013",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "When making a determination under this Schedule, the rent officer must—\n(a) have regard to the level of similar payments under tenancies for accommodation which—\n(i) is let by the same type of landlord;\n(ii) is in the same local authority area (but see paragraph 4) ;\n(iii) has the same number of bedrooms; and\n(iv) is in the same reasonable state of repair,\nas the accommodation in respect of which the determination is being made;\n(b) exclude—\n(i) the cost of any care, support or supervision provided to the tenant by the landlord or by someone on the landlord's behalf;\n(ii) any payments for services performed or facilities (including the use of furniture) provided for, or rights made available to, the tenant which are not service charge payments; and\n(c) where the accommodation is let at an Affordable Rent, assume that the rent is reasonable.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(a)(ii) substituted (23.1.2017) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance Amendments) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1179), arts. 1, 4(4)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/382/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:34.350504+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."
}