Removal allowance5

Regulation 53 of the principal Regulations is amended—

a

in paragraph (1)(d)—

i

by substituting for the words from “his payments” to “rent payable” the words “payments made by him to meet relevant liabilities”, and

ii

by deleting the words from “up to an amount” to “before the move”; and

b

by inserting after paragraph (2)—

2A

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d) relevant liabilities are—

a

liabilities in respect of mortgage interest or rent payable in connection with his former home; and

b

in respect of any days in respect of which he is liable to pay council tax in respect of his former home, the amount by which that tax and any council tax he is liable to pay in respect of his new home exceeds the council tax that he would have been liable to pay in respect of his former home if he had not moved from it.