The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule–

• “family” in the case of a claimant who is not a member of a family means that claimant;

• “the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(1);

• “housing costs” means those costs specified in paragraph 1(a), (b), (c) (but in the case of ground rent or feu duty only when paid with service charges), (d), (e) and (f) of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations;

• “income support” means income support under Part II of the Social Security Act 1986;

• “the Income Support Regulations” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(2);

• “miscellaneous accommodation costs” has the meaning assigned by paragraph 4(1);

• “mortgage payment” means a payment attributable to interest on a mortgage which falls to be met under paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations (interest on loans to acquire an interest in the home); and for the purposes of this Schedule includes interest payable on loans which falls to be met under paragraph 8 of that Schedule (interest on loans for repairs and improvements to the home);

• “specified benefit” means income support either alone or together with any unemployment, sickness or invalidity benefit, retirement pension or severe disablement allowance which is paid by means of the same instrument of payment;

• “personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25 years” means the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(c) of column 2 of Schedule 2 to the Income Support Regulations;

• “prisoner” means a person detained in custody pending trial or sentence;

• “rent” has the meaning assigned to it in the Housing Benefit Regulations and, for the purposes of this Schedule–

  (a)

  includes any water charges which are paid with or as part of the rent;

  (b)

  where in a particular case a claimant’s rent includes elements which would not otherwise fall to be treated as rent, references to rent shall include those elements; and

  (c)

  references to “rent” include references to part only of the rent; and

• “water charges” means charges or rates in respect of water and, except in Scotland, of sewerage and allied environmental services.

(1)

S.I. 1987/1971.

(2)

S.I. 1987/1967.