Regulation 5 Housing Benefit – modification of the rule on whether a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as their homeI1

England, Wales and Scotland

For the purposes of entitlement to housing benefit, F1where the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is expedient as a result of coronavirus disease and in such cases as the Secretary of State determines, the following provisions are to be read as if the words “the Prison Act 1952 or” were omitted—

(a)

regulation 7(14) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 M1; and

(b)

regulation 7(14) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 M2.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 5 inserted (12.5.2021) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/476), regs. 1, 4(5)

Marginal citations

M1: S.I. 2006/213. There are no relevant amending instruments.
M2: S.I. 2006/214. There are no relevant amending instruments.

Commencement

I1: Reg. 5 in force at 8.4.2020, see reg. 1