3 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations
1 Part II of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (calculation of requirements) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2 For paragraph 3 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“3 1 A claimant’s requirements shall be calculated as being the amount referred to in head (a) below less, where applicable, the amount referred to in head (b) below, as follows:—
(a) the amount which represents the aggregate of—
(i) the weekly applicable amount which would apply to him, including that in respect of any other member of his family, in connection with a claim for income support as specified by the provisions of regulations 17 to 21 of, and Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 7 to, the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, but subject to the modifications referred to in paragraph 2(b) and (c) and paragraph 4, and
S.I. 1987/1967.
(ii) subject to sub-paragraph (2), the weekly amount of any council tax which the claimant or his partner is liable to pay under Part I or Part II of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;
1992 c. 14.
(b) the amount which represents the aggregate of the weekly amount of any housing benefit and the weekly amount of any council tax benefit to which the claimant or any member of his family is entitled under the provisions of Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.
1992 c. 4; Part VII was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, section 103 and Schedule 9, which replaced references to community charge benefit with references to council tax benefit.
2 Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where a claimant is jointly and severally liable for council tax in respect of a dwelling in which he is resident with one or more other persons, the claimant’s liability in respect of that tax for the purposes of these Regulations shall be the amount of that tax divided by the number of persons who are jointly and severally liable for that tax.
3 Sub-paragraph (2) shall not apply where a claimant is jointly and severally liable for council tax in respect of a dwelling with only his partner.”

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Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1990/548.
3 In Table B—
(a) in the entry in column 2 corresponding to the entry “regulation 17” in column 1, for the words “paragraph (1)(g)” there shall be substituted the words “sub-paragraphs (bb) and (g) of paragraph (1)”;
Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/910 and 1445, 1989/1678, 1991/387 and 1992/3147.
(b) in the entry in column 2 corresponding to the entry “regulation 18” in column 1, for the words “paragraph (1)(h)” there shall be substituted the words “sub-paragraphs (cc) and (h) of paragraph (1)”;
Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1228 and 1445, 1989/534 and 1034, and 1992/3147.
(c) for the entry “regulations 19 and 21” in column 1 and the corresponding entry in column 2 there shall be substituted the following entries:

“regulation 19	As if for paragraph (1) there were substituted the following paragraph— “1 Where— (a) the claimant lives in a residential care home or nursing home; or (b) if the claimant is a member of a family, he and the members of his family live in such a home, his weekly applicable amount shall, except in a case to which Part II of Schedule 4 (persons to whom regulation 19 does not apply) applies, be calculated in accordance with Part I of that Schedule.” .
	As if paragraphs (1ZB) to (1ZJ) were omitted.
	As if in the definition of “residential care home” in paragraph (3) there were added at the end— “(f) in which accommodation is provided under sections 21 to 24 and 26 of the National Assistance Act 1948 (provision of accommodation); 1948 c. 29; section 21 was amended by the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 23, paragraphs 1 and 2 and Schedule 30; the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Schedule 4, paragraph 44 and Schedule 5; the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (c. 48), Schedule; the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), Schedule 15, paragraph 5; the Health Service Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 1, Part I, paragraph 5; and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19), section 42(1), Schedule 9, paragraph 5(1) and (2) and Schedule 10. Section 22 was amended by the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49), section 87(4) and Schedule 9, Part I; the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71), Schedule 7, paragraph 3; the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (c. 48), Schedule; the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), section 20, Schedule 4, paragraph 2(1) and Schedule 5, Part II; the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), section 20(l)(a), and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, section 44, Schedule 10. Section 24 was amended by the National Assistance (Amendment) Act 1959 (c. 30), section 1(1); the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 58), Schedule 6, paragraph 82; the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 23, paragraph 2; the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Schedule 4, paragraph 45; the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (c. 48), Schedule, and the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, Schedule 9, paragraph 5(4). Section 26 was amended by the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46), section 44 and Schedule 4 and the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49), Schedule 9, Part I and applied by section 87(3); the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 23, paragraph 2; the Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 (c. 48), Schedule; the Health and Social Services and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), section 20(1)(b), the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, section 42(3) to (5), Schedule 9, paragraph 5(5), and Schedule 10, and section 1 of the Community Care (Residential Accommodation) Act 1992 (c. 49).” .
regulation 21	As if in paragraph (1) the words from “Subject to” to “amounts)” were omitted.
	As if in paragraph (3) the definition of “residential accommodation” were omitted.
	As if paragraphs (3A), (4) and (4A) were omitted.”

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Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663, 1445 and 2022, 1989/1678, 1991/1033, and 1992/3147.
Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/534, 1990/547 and 2324, 1991/236, 1033 and 1656, and 1992/2155 and 3147.
(d) in the entry in column 2 corresponding to the entry “Schedule 2” in column 1, there shall be added at the end the words “As if paragraph 2A were omitted.”;
Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1992/3147.
(e) for the entry “Schedule 4” in column 1 and the corresponding entry in column 2 there shall be substituted the following entry—

“Schedule 4	As if in paragraph 1(1)(a)— (i) for the words “paragraph 3” there were substituted the words “sub-paragraph (1A) and paragraph 3”; (ii) as if the words from “but, except” to “paragraph 5” were omitted.
	As if after sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 1 there were inserted the following sub-paragraph— “1A Where a claimant is in accommodation provided under sections 21 to 24 and 26 of the National Assistance Act 1948, the weekly charge for the accommodation for the purposes of this paragraph shall be the payment or refund which the claimant is liable to make towards the cost of the accommodation under section 22 or, as the case may be, section 26 of that Act.” .
	As if paragraphs 5 to 12 were omitted.”

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Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1445 and 1992/3147.
(f) for the entry “Schedule 7” in column 1 and the corresponding entry in column 2 there shall be substituted the following entries—

“Schedule 7	As if the references in paragraph 1 to sub-paragraph (g) of regulation 17(1) and sub-paragraph (h) of regulation 18(1) were omitted.
	As if paragraphs 7, 9(b)(iii), 10A, 10B, 10C, 13, 16(a) and 17 were omitted.
	As if after paragraph 10 there were inserted the following paragraph—
10ZA A claimant who is a lone parent who is in a residential care home or nursing home temporarily.	10ZA Any amount applicable to the claimant under paragraph 1(1)(a), (b) and (c) of Schedule 4, determined as if he were a single claimant, plus— (a) in respect of each child who is a member of his family, the appropriate amount in respect of him prescribed in paragraph 2(a) or (b) of Schedule 2 or under this Schedule as appropriate; and (b) any amount which would be applicable to the claimant, if he were not temporarily living away from home, under regulation 17(1)(c) or (f), or (d) in so far as it relates to the lone parent premium under paragraph 8 of Schedule 2.””

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Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1445 and 2022, 1990/547 and 1992/3147.
Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/548 and 1661.