1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Barrow-in-Furness paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Bedford paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Bolton and Bury paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Bristol paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Bristol paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Bury St. Edmunds paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Cambridge paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Cambridge paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Central London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Central Norfolk and Norwich paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Chilterns paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Flintshire paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Harlow and Stortford paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Inner North London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Kings Lynn paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Luton paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Luton paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Luton paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Luton paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Milton Keynes paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Milton Keynes paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Neath Port Talbot paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) North West Kent paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) North West London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer East London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer East London paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Outer South London paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Outer South London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Outer South West London paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Outer West London paragraph 1(1)(c) (two bedrooms) Pembrokeshire paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Solihull paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) South West Essex paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) South West Herts paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Southend paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Southern Greater Manchester paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Stevenage & North Herts paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Stevenage & North Herts paragraph 1(1)(d) (three bedrooms) Stevenage & North Herts paragraph 1(1)(e) (four bedrooms) Sunderland paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Swindon paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Swindon paragraph 1(1)(b) (one bedroom, exclusive use) Vale of Glamorgan paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Walton paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation) Warwickshire South paragraph 1(1)(a) (one bedroom, shared accommodation)
Amendment of the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997
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The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997 is amended as follows.
2
In article 4B, after paragraph (1A) (broad rental market area determinations) , insert -
1B
The power in paragraph (1A) is not limited by paragraph 2(2A) or (2B) of Schedule 3B.
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In paragraph 2 of Schedule 3B (local housing allowance determinations) -
a
before sub-paragraph (3) insert -
2A
For all broad rental market areas other than Lothian, the local housing allowance for any category of dwelling is the lower of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3)(a) and (b).
2B
For the Lothian broad rental market area, the local housing allowance -
a
for the category of dwelling defined in paragraph 1(1)(b) of this Schedule (one bedroom, exclusive use), is the lower of the amounts set out in sub-paragraph (3A)(a) and (b);
b
for all other categories of dwelling, is the lower of the