Moving home: adaptations to new home for disabled person
31.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—
(a)the claimant has moved into a hereditament (“the new hereditament”) and, immediately before the move, is liable for rates in respect of the new hereditament; and
(b)there was a delay in moving in that was necessary to enable the new hereditament to be adapted to meet the disablement needs of a family member in receipt of—
(i)the care component of disability living allowance at the middle or highest rate,
(ii)attendance allowance, or
(iii)the daily living component of personal independence payment.
(2) The claimant is to be treated as occupying both the new hereditament and the hereditament from which the move was made (“the old hereditament”) if—
(a)immediately before the move, the claimant was entitled to rate relief in respect of the old hereditament; and
(b)the delay in moving into the new hereditament was reasonable.
(3) No claimant may be treated as occupying both the old hereditament and the new hereditament under this regulation for more than one month.
(4) Any determination in respect of the claimant’s award of universal credit made (whether on the initial decision or as subsequently revised or superseded or further revised or superseded) in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Universal Credit Regulations shall be followed for the purpose of this regulation.