Local housing allowance for category of dwelling in paragraph 1
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph 4 (anomalous local housing allowances) the Executive must determine a local housing allowance for each category of dwelling in paragraph 1 in accordance with the following sub-paragraphs.
(2) For all broad rental market areas the local housing allowance for a category of dwelling is—
(a)the local housing allowance determined for that category of dwelling on 30th January 2015, or
(b)the rent at the 30th percentile determined in accordance with paragraph 3(3) to (10), where that rent is lower than the allowance referred to in head (a).
(3) Where the local housing allowance would otherwise not be a whole number of pence, it must be rounded to the nearest whole penny by disregarding any amount less than half a penny and treating any amount of half a penny or more as a whole penny.