PART IVAPPLICABLE AMOUNTS
Applicable amounts for persons in board and lodging accommodation and hostels20
1
Subject to regulation 22 (reductions of applicable amounts) where—
a
the claimant lives in board and lodging accommodation or a hostel; or
b
if he is a member of a family,
i
he and the members of his family live in such accommodation; or
ii
he and the members of his family normally live in such accommodation and, where there is a period of absence from the accommodation of any member of the family, provided that the claimant or his partner lives in the accommodation during that absence,
his weekly applicable amount shall, except in a case to which regulation 21 (special cases) or Part II of Schedule 5 (persons to whom regulation 20 does not apply) applies, be calculated in accordance with Part I of that Schedule.
2
In this regulation and Schedule 5— “board and lodging accommodation” means—
a
accommodation provided to the claimant or, if he is a member of a family, to him or any other members of his family, for a charge which is inclusive of the provision of that accommodation and at least some cooked or prepared meals which are both prepared and consumed in that accommodation or associated premises; or
b
accommodation provided in a hotel, guest-house, lodging-house or some similar establishment;
“board and lodging area” means the area numbered in column (1) of Schedule 6 (board and lodging areas) and described in column (2) thereof and for the purposes of this regulation and Schedule 5 any place not included in the description of a board and lodging area in Schedule 6 shall be treated as forming part of the board and lodging area nearest to it;
“hostel” means a building not being a residential care home or nursing home—
- a
in which there is provided for persons generally or for a class of persons, residential accommodation, otherwise than in separate and self-contained premises, and either board or facilities for the preparation of food adequate to the needs of those persons, or both and—
- b
which is
- i
managed by a housing association registered with the Housing Corporation established by the Housing Act 1964; or
- ii
operated other than on a commercial basis and in respect of which funds are provided wholly or in part by a government department or agency or a local authority; or
- iii
managed by a voluntary body or charity and provides care, support or supervision with a view to assisting those persons to be rehabilitated or resettled within the community; or
- iv
for the purposes of any particular case, such other establishment of like nature as the Secretary of State may, in his discretion determine.
- i
- a