Regulation 57 Amendment of the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996

(1)

The Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

Regulation 2(1) (interpretation)^f2 is amended as follows—

(a)

for the definition of contributory employment and support allowance substitute—

““contributory employment and support allowance” means an allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) as amended by the provisions of Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the 2012 Act that remove references to an income-related allowance, and a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as that Part has effect apart from those provisions;”; and

(b)

after the definition of “training allowance” insert—

““universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the 2012 Act;”.

(3)

In regulation 10 (the applicable amount)^f3—

(a)

in the first paragraph that is numbered “(3)”—

(i)

after sub-paragraph (a)(iv) omit “or” and, after sub-paragraph (a)(v) insert—

“or

(vi)
universal credit;”; and

(ii)

after sub-paragraph (b) omit “or” and after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“; or

(d)
subject to paragraph (5), a relevant person who has a partner, where the partner is entitled to universal credit”;

(b)

the second paragraph that is numbered “(3)” is re-numbered “(4)”; and

(c)

after paragraph (4), insert—

“(5)
For the purposes of paragraph (3)(d) and regulation 11(2)(b), where the relevant person and a partner of that person are parties to a polygamous marriage, the fact that they are partners will be disregarded if —

(a)
one of them is a party to an earlier marriage that still subsists; and

(b)
the other party to that earlier marriage is living in the same household.”.

(4)

In regulation 11 (financial resources)—

(a)

at the beginning insert “(1) Subject to paragraph (2),”; and

(b)

after paragraph (1) insert—

“(2)
Subject to regulation 10(5), where a relevant person in the case of the application—

(a)
is entitled to universal credit; or

(b)
is not entitled to universal credit but their partner is so entitled,

then the income of that relevant person for the purposes of paragraph (1) shall be taken to be nil.”.

(5)

In regulation 19 (treatment of child care charges)^f4, in paragraphs (3)(b) and (3)(c)(ii), after “Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008” insert “or the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013”.

(6)

In regulation 31(10A)(b)(i) (notional income)^f5 for the words from “in accordance with” to the end substitute “approved by the Secretary of State”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1996/2890; regulation 2(1).
f2: Regulation 2(1) is amended by S.I. 2013/388; there are other amendments that are not relevant to these Regulations.
f3: Regulation 10 was amended by S.I. 2008/1190 and 2009/1807.
f4: Regulation 19(3) was amended by S.I. 2009/1807.
f5: Regulation 31(10A) was inserted by S.I. 1999/1523.