The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/2827
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2013 and comes into force on 4th December 2013.

Section 2 Amendment to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997

(1) The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 is amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 2 (size criteria) —

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) after paragraph (b) insert—

(ba) a child who cannot share a bedroom;

(ii) after paragraph (e) add—

but the claimant is only entitled to a bedroom in respect of a child who cannot share a bedroom if there is a bedroom in the dwelling occupied as the home that is additional to those to which the claimant would be entitled if the child were able to share a bedroom.

(b) for paragraph 3 substitute—

(3) In this Schedule “child who cannot share a bedroom” and “qualifying parent or carer” have the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations.

Section 3 Amendment to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997

(1) The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997 is amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 2 (size criteria) —

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) after paragraph (b) insert—

(ba) a child who cannot share a bedroom;

(ii) after paragraph (e) add—

but the claimant is only entitled to a bedroom in respect of a child who cannot share a bedroom if there is a bedroom in the dwelling occupied as the home that is additional to those to which the claimant would be entitled if the child were able to share a bedroom.

(b) for paragraph 3 substitute—

(3) In this Schedule “child who cannot share a bedroom” and “qualifying parent or carer” have the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations.