Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1989 and shall come into force as follows-�

(a)regulations 1 and 5 to 7, on 10th July 1989;

(b)regulations 3 and 4-�

(i)in a case where the student's period of study begins on or after 1st August 1989 but before 4th September 1989, on the first Monday of that period;

(ii)in any other case, on 4th September 1989;

(c)regulation 2, on 9th October 1989.

(2) In paragraph (1)(b) of this regulation the expressions"period of study" and"student" have the same meanings as in regulation 46 of the General Regulations and in these Regulations"the General Regulations" means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(5).

Amendment of regulation 5 of the General Regulations

2. In regulation 5(6)(c)(ii) of the General Regulations (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home) after the reference"paragraph 9," there shall be inserted the reference"9A,".

Amendment of regulation 51 of the General Regulations

3. In regulation 51(1) of the General Regulations (eligible rent) for the sums"£18.50" and"£14.00" there shall be substituted the sums"£20.65" and"£14.80" respectively.

Amendment of regulation 53 of the General Regulations

4. In regulation 53(2)(g) of the General Regulations (calculation of grant income) for the sum"£220" there shall be substituted the sum"£234".

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the General Regulations

5. In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the General Regulations (applicable amounts)-�

(a)in sub-paragraph (1) head (a) shall be omitted; and in head (b), in column (1), the words"not less than 18 but" shall be omitted;

(b)in sub-paragraph (2)(a), in column (2), for the sum"£20.80" there shall be substituted the sum"£27.40".

Amendment of Schedule 4 to the General Regulations

6. In Schedule 4 to the General Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) for paragraph 26 there shall be substituted the following paragraph-�

"26. Any payment made by a local authority under section 1, 27 or 29 of the Child Care Act 1980(6) or, as the case may be, section 12, 24 or 26 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968(7) (local authorities' duty to promote welfare of children and powers to grant financial assistance to persons under 21 in, or formerly in, their care).".

Amendment of Schedule 5 to the General Regulations

7. In Schedule 5 to the General Regulations (capital to be disregarded) for paragraph 18 there shall be substituted the following paragraph-�

"18. Any payment made by a local authority under section 1, 27 or 29 of the Child Care Act 1980 or, as the case may be, section 12, 24 or 26 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (local authorities' duty to promote welfare of children and powers to grant financial assistance to persons under 21 in, or formerly in, their care).".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 in the following respects-�

(a)they increase the deduction to be made from a student's eligible rent to £20.65, in London, and £14.80 elsewhere (regulation 3); and the amount of the personal allowance for single claimants and lone parents under 18 to £27.40 (regulation 5);

(b)they provide, in the calculation of income and capital, for the disregard of payments made by a local authority towards maintenance, education and training of persons under 21 (regulations 6 and 7); and in the calculation of a student's grant income, for an increase in the disregard for books and equipment (regulation 4); and

(c)they make a minor amendment consequential on the introduction of the new pensioner premium for persons aged 75 (regulation 2).