5.  The principal Regulations shall be amended as follows:

(a)in regulation 50–

(i)there shall be substituted for the word “rent”, in each place where it occurs except in paragraph (3)(a), the word “housing”,

(ii)the words “and rates” in paragraph (3)(a) shall be deleted, and

(iii)there shall be substituted for the word “flat-rate” in paragraph (3)(b) the word “half-rate”;

(b)in regulation 51(2) there shall be substituted for the words “rent allowance” the words “housing allowance”;

(c)in regulation 53(1)(d) there shall be substituted–

(i)for the words “, rent or rates (within the meaning of regulation 49(7))” the words “or rent”, and

(ii)for the words “rent allowance” in each place where they occur, the words “housing allowance or transitional rent allowance”;

(d)in regulation 72–

(i)the words “and rates” in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be deleted,

(ii)there shall be substituted in paragraph (1) and the proviso thereto for the words “rent allowance” in each place where they occur the words “housing allowance”,

(iii)there shall be inserted in paragraph (1) after the words “regulation 49(1)” in the first place where they occur the words “or a transitional rent allowance under regulation 49B”, and

(iv)there shall be inserted at the end of paragraph (a) of the proviso to paragraph (1) the words “or a transitional rent allowance under regulation 49B”;

(e)in paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 2, there shall be substituted for the words “rent allowance” the words “housing allowance or transitional rent allowance”;

(f)in paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 4–

(i)for the words “rent allowance” there shall be substituted the words “housing allowance or transitional rent allowance”, and

(ii)for the words “that regulation” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 49 or 49B respectively”; and

(g)in paragraph 2 of Schedule 6, there shall be substituted for sub-paragraph (a) the following provision–

“(a)a housing allowance, supplementary housing allowance, transitional rent allowance, transitional supplementary rent allowance, compensa tory grant or provided accommodation allowance; or”.