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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
1.—(1) The categories of dwelling for which the Executive is required to determine a local housing allowance in accordance with [F1 regulation 3(2)] are—
(a)a dwelling where the tenant has the exclusive use of only one bedroom and where the tenancy provides for him to share the use of one or more of—
(i)a kitchen;
(ii)a bathroom;
(iii)a toilet, or
(iv)a room suitable for living in;
(b)a dwelling where the tenant (together with his partner where he has one) has the exclusive use of only one bedroom and exclusive use of a kitchen, a bathroom, a toilet and a room suitable for living in;
(c)a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only 2 bedrooms;
(d)a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only 3 bedrooms;
(e)a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only 4 bedrooms;
(f)a dwelling where the tenant has the use of only 5 bedrooms.
(2) In—
(a)sub-paragraph (1)(b) “partner” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations;
(b)sub-paragraph (1)(c) to (f) “bedroom” means a bedroom, except for a bedroom which the tenant shares with any person other than—
(i)a member of his household;
(ii)a non-dependant of the tenant (within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 3 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations), or
(iii)a person who pays rent to the tenant.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. para. 1(1) substituted (2.4.2012) by The Housing Benefit (Executive Determinations) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/157), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)