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9(1)The regulations must provide for the value of housing assistance to be given in a case to which this paragraph applies to be the amount described in sub-paragraph (3).S
(2)This paragraph applies to a case in which an individual is entitled to housing assistance in respect of a given period by virtue of meeting the conditions described in paragraph 1(3).
(3)The amount referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is the lower of—
(a)the difference between—
(i)the amount under section 11 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 included in the calculation of the individual's universal credit award for the period in question, and
(ii)the amount that would have been included under that section in the calculation were it not for the regulations referred to in paragraph 1(3)(d), or
(b)the amount by which the value of the assistance to which the individual is entitled from the Secretary of State in respect of the period in question is reduced in accordance with regulations under section 96 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
(4)Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if, by virtue of paragraph 1(2), the regulations need not provide for eligibility to depend on the conditions described in paragraph 1(3) being met.
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10SIn a case to which paragraph 9 does not apply, the regulations may make the value of housing assistance that is to be given to an individual depend on—
(a)the age of either or both—
(i)the individual, and
(ii)anyone who lives with the individual,
(b)the financial circumstances of either or both—
(i)the individual, and
(ii)anyone who lives with the individual.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 9 para. 10A inserted (26.7.2021) by Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 18), ss. 13(5)(a), 18(2)(3); S.S.I. 2021/232, reg. 2(g)
10A(1)Provision may be made in the regulations for the value of the housing assistance that is to be given to an individual in respect of a period to be £0, but—S
(a)such provision must be framed so as to apply by reference to at least one of the following matters—
(i)the individual being resident and present in a particular place during the period,
(ii)the individual being in receipt of another type of assistance (whether under this Act or another enactment) during the period, and
(b)the Scottish Ministers may only make such provision where they consider that it would be in the interests of the individuals to whom it applies to be entitled to housing assistance with a value of £0 in respect of a period rather than not being entitled to housing assistance at all.
(2)Nothing in sub-paragraph (1)(a) is to be taken to preclude provision being framed so as to apply by reference to further matters in addition to those mentioned there.]
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