Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 2nd February 1993.

Amendment of paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations

2.  In paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (eligible housing costs) to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(3)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (b) after the words “as the home” there shall be inserted the words—

• “, including interest on a loan for any service charge imposed to meet the cost of such repairs and improvements;”;

(b)sub-paragraph (h) shall be omitted.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, so as to include amongst the eligible housing costs for the purpose of income support interest on loans acquired to meet any service charge in respect of repairs or improvements to a dwelling occupied as a home and to omit sub-paragraph (h), which provided for certain payments analogous to those specified elsewhere in paragraph 1 to qualify as eligible housing costs.