The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997

[^key-50b2c26a39267cc75f276a76dba46a6b]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3 inserted (1.4.2017) by The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Size Criteria) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/213), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)

[^key-8f9fd6152f1a1f02bd4d0b77a6056aa7]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3 inserted (1.4.2017) by The Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Size Criteria) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/213), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(b)

[^key-49278757c70d40edd997bc19bb55b275]: Word in art. 4B(1B) substituted (30.1.2020) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/27), arts. 1, 2(2)

[^key-2c89e6ed2f5c04a7f8513700833a8cc1]: Sch. 3B para. 2(2) substituted for Sch. 3B para. 2(2A) - (3A) (30.1.2020) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/27), arts. 1, 2(3)(a)

[^key-3015b6d291249f8d2b9c3c11229aaf17]: Sch. 3B para. 5A omitted (30.1.2020) by virtue of The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/27), arts. 1, 2(3)(b)

[^key-11a540d0a9bb050cac0cac876bc2fef8]: Words in art. 4B(2B) added (30.3.2020) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/371), regs. 1(1), 4(1)(a)(i)

[^key-0c6c40d7e1cda0b4c73eee13b886d2ba]: Words in art. 4B(3B) added (30.3.2020) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/371), regs. 1(1), 4(1)(a)(ii)

[^key-978da33612f27b82ecf4ef371c3ee119]: Sch. 3B para. 2(2) substituted (30.3.2020) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/371), regs. 1(1), 4(1)(b)

[^key-7e65d5081bf889d0882902405d15a426]: Sch. 3B modified (28.1.2021) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1519), arts. 1, 2

[^key-473eb3f4851a4f531b669d74c359e765]: Sch. 3B modified (31.1.2022) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment and Modification) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1380), arts. 1(1), 5

[^key-b73adcc3d6c8717517c714961259aa69]: Art. 4B(3A)(b) substituted (31.1.2022) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment and Modification) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1380), arts. 1(1), 2(2)

[^key-452075acdf91b8d37ae65138ee9196e9]: Words in art. 2(1) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(a)

[^key-8499b577eb61d3046d86ca3233966b65]: Sch. 1 para. 8(2A) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(xv)

[^key-1c5360fb51da44f334caa16ee067dd71]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(3) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(i)

[^key-617c544653af89be43530cf478180980]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(4) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(ii)

[^key-fab1ce23d353afd00327d5161f8c2d33]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(b)(iii) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(vii)

[^key-32b113c5e3015b03c4909e4c30c47dbf]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(b)(ii) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(vi)

[^key-df7a340a59514c7890c98f42b23d8673]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(a) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(iv)

[^key-b46797ec86e28ae7642f8d8e4f99ed8d]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(b)(i) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(v)

[^key-e6301367d716057313bce162d71be2c1]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(2)(b)(iv) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(viii)

[^key-f3212c9f90bcd3059a86f67a1dca8aa4]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(a) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(iii)(aa)

[^key-27aae55db336680051b7235f25c7046a]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(1)(a) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(iii)(bb)

[^key-d28a6868eb2ad9d1264d3b44e2220dca]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(2)(b) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(xi)

[^key-04e108c5852d439b10a476c31d04e686]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(1) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(ix)(aa)

[^key-757eef00d089fcf392b0a98634b7e219]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(1) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(ix)(bb)

[^key-54145d9ac9d03cf95ce9d1b8b531e94a]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 5(2)(a) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(x)

[^key-fe41d4166d0253a82cb5ae0182886a6f]: Sch. 1 para. 8(1A) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(xiii)

[^key-c7ff3424c23adc9883d92bd58d55e159]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 8(1) substituted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(xii)

[^key-d716f3998c8cebc959d4cad5c1057ffc]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 8(2) substituted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(xiv)

[^key-02e9066d22a1e6b7f1f2d9c556fa00ca]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 8(3) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(xvi)

[^key-e536e769805f6df4637c83c82f35e5c5]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 11(1) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(xvii)(aa)

[^key-50b135e2124a8fa7d49a3ae546383a5b]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 11(1) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(b)(xvii)(bb)

[^key-07160a18b3c003555eb2d29d8ad370ee]: Sch. 3B para. 2(11) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(c)(v)

[^key-965f1c47ec074e540be35619a47080ee]: Sch. 3B para. 2(4) substituted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(c)(i)

[^key-7fc9060db46db85badd3de0c28aef95d]: Words in Sch. 3B para. 2(5)(a) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(c)(ii)

[^key-cc9f6f9519540414edec7e05cf341a23]: Words in Sch. 3B para. 2(5)(a)(i) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(c)(iii)

[^key-507daf210adfe07797c5978071e57ea6]: Words in Sch. 3B para. 2(5)(a)(iii) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(c)(iv)

[^key-b03d9f0f265a942ebd165d81c96223bb]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 1(a) substituted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(d)(i)

[^key-0574538079a7e4df21c609af1b7490b1]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 2(a) substituted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 17(d)(ii)

[^key-0834f741be683d07373696b2c90fd549]: Sch. 3B modified (31.1.2023) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/6), arts. 1(1), 2

[^key-0c59205b6846f184b8c2d28c097886d4]: Sch. 3B para. 3A and cross-heading inserted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 2(4)

[^key-dcedbbc9007a56f51895b6e8c00c887b]: Word in Sch. 3B para. 2(1) substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)(i)

[^key-06fdc17f152b8864d9d48a86f08185e0]: Words in Sch. 3B para. 2(1) inserted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)(ii)

[^key-8dc7d9ea452cdf2d084e593e3b4469b7]: Sum in Sch. 3B para. 2(2)(b) table substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)(i)

[^key-dc773b1399a853021a1139abf739741d]: Sum in Sch. 3B para. 2(2)(b) table substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)(ii)

[^key-3b38e3d6e3a5c93beb487f61b0e71a5b]: Sum in Sch. 3B para. 2(2)(b) table substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)(iii)

[^key-dbe7bce3734197b2d345e24984fa9c25]: Sum in Sch. 3B para. 2(2)(b) table substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)(iv)

[^key-0128e05add93b0ce730fc491f8598122]: Sum in Sch. 3B para. 2(2)(b) table substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)(v)

[^key-e5d4be2ac9600040b34cb7808864d05b]: Words in Sch. 3B para. 3(1) substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 2(3)(a)

[^key-892f7474e291f2ecc06e7d2a710f0f4b]: Words in Sch. 3B para. 3(1) substituted (31.1.2024) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/11), arts. 1(1), 2(3)(b)

[^key-4d86b97431108306f270b304f9891a42]: Sch. 3B modified (31.1.2025) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/5), arts. 1(1), 2

[^key-18ec1b2267a07ca3768906d2454e2d01]: Sch. 3B modified (30.1.2026) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/5), arts. 1(1), 2

5A

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Anomalous local housing allowances

Broad rental market area

Minimum local housing allowance

3A

Where—

• (a) the rent officer has determined the local housing allowance for each of the categories of dwelling in paragraph 1(1) in accordance with paragraph 2 and, where relevant, paragraph 3 (anomalous local housing allowances); and

• (b) the local housing allowance as so determined for a category of dwelling is lower than the local housing allowance determined for that category of dwelling on 31st March 2020,

that local housing allowance is to be the same as the local housing allowance determined for that category of dwelling on 31st March 2020.

Broad rental market area