HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1988 and shall come into force for the purposes of this regulation and regulation 3(a) on 23rd May 1988 and for all other purposes on 30th May 1988. 2 In these Regulations“the General Regulations ” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 . Amendment of regulations 34(1), 37 and 45(1) of the General Regulations 2 In regulations 34(1), 37 and 45(1) of the General Regulations (capital treated as income, capital limit and calculation of tariff income from capital) for“£6,000” there shall be substituted“£8,000”. Amendment of Schedule 4 to the General Regulations 3 In Schedule 4 to the General Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)— a for paragraph 11 there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 11 In the case of a claimant participating in arrangements for training made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 or attending a course at an employment rehabilitation centre established under that section— a any travelling expenses reimbursed to the claimant; b if he is a person to whom regulation 5(5)(b) applies (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home), any living away from home allowance under section 2(2)(d) of that Act but only for the purposes of assessing entitlement to housing benefit in respect of the dwelling which he normally occupies as his home; c any training premium, but this paragraph, except insofar as it relates to a payment under sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c), does not apply to any part of any allowance under section 2(2)(d) of that Act. ; b after paragraph 34 there shall be added the following paragraph— 35 Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate for the loss (in whole or in part) of entitlement to housing benefit. . Amendment of Schedule 5 to the General Regulations 4 In Schedule 5 to the General Regulations (capital to be disregarded) after paragraph 23 there shall be added the following paragraphs— 24 Where a claimant has ceased to occupy what was formerly the dwelling occupied as the home following his estrangement or divorce from his former partner, that dwelling for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which he left that dwelling. 25 Any premises where the claimant is taking reasonable steps to dispose of those premises, for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which he first took such steps, or such longer period as is reasonable in the circumstances to enable him to dispose of those premises. 26 Any premises where the claimant has commenced legal proceedings to obtain possession of those premises in order to occupy them as his home, for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which he commenced such proceedings, or such longer period as is reasonable in the circumstances to enable him to obtain possession and commence occupation of those premises. 27 Any premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his home to which essential repairs or alterations are required in order to render them fit for such occupation, for a period of 26 weeks from the date on which the claimant first takes steps to effect those repairs or alterations, or such longer period as is necessary to enable those repairs or alterations to be carried out. 28 Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate for the loss (in whole or in part) of entitlement to housing benefit. . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services. Nicholas Scott Minister of State, Department of Health and Social Security 19th May 1988