{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-housing-costs-amendments-regulations-2015/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1647",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Housing Costs Amendments) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-housing-costs-amendments-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Saving provision",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to a person (“P”) where, for the purpose of determining whether P’s entitlement to a relevant benefit includes an amount for housing costs, the Secretary of State determines that P is entitled or required to be treated as entitled to one or more relevant benefits for a continuous period which includes 31st March 2016.\n(2) Where this regulation applies to P, the provisions of—\n(a) Schedule 6 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008;\n(b) Schedule 3 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987; and\n(c) Schedule 2 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996,\nas modified by the Social Security (Housing Costs Special Arrangements) (Amendment and Modification) Regulations 2008 are to have effect in relation to P as if the amendments made by regulations 2 to 4 of these Regulations and the revocation made by regulation 7(1) had not been made.\n(3) Where this regulation applies to P, the provisions of Schedule 5 to the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 are to have effect in relation to P as if the amendments made by regulations 5 and 6 of these Regulations had not been made.\n(4) In this regulation, “relevant benefit” means—\n(a) an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;\n(b) income support under the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987;\n(c) a jobseeker’s allowance under the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996; and\n(d) universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1647/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:44.867791+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."
}