PART 3HOUSING BENEFIT

Amendment of regulation 7A of the Housing Benefit Regulations8

1

Regulation 7A of the Housing Benefit Regulations (persons from abroad)13 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs —

a

in paragraph (1) at the end there shall be added the words, “but this paragraph shall not have effect in respect of a person to whom and for a period to which regulation 7B and Schedule A1 apply.”;

b

for head (ii) in paragraph (4)(e) there shall be substituted the following head —

ii

a refugee;

c

in paragraph (7) the following definition shall be added at the end —

  • “refugee” in this regulation, regulation 7B (entitlement of a refugee to housing benefit) and Schedule A1 (treatment of claims for housing benefit by refugees), means a person recorded by the Secretary of State as a refugee within the definition in Article 1 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees14.