Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:3:p54
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 54/293)
Character Range: 1923623–1927840

location in column A of the table in Annex 7.E in which the member's primary service location is located.

7.8.10 Rent ceiling – member living in rental accommodation with no resident family or recognised other persons

1.  This section applies to a member who meets one of the following.
    a.                                                                                                                                                               They are a member who has no resident family or recognised other persons.
    b.                                                                                                                                                               They are a member who has unaccompanied resident family and no accompanied resident family.
2.  The rent ceiling for a member whose living arrangement is in an item in column A of the following table is provided in the annex in column B for the same item.

Item  Column A                                       Column B
      Member's living arrangement                    Rent ceiling Annex
1.    The member lives alone.                        Annex 7.E Part 2.1.
2.    The member shares a home with 1 other person.  Annex 7.E Part 2.2.
3.    The member shares a home with 2 other people.  Annex 7.E Part 2.3.
4.    The member shares a home with 3 other people.  Annex 7.E Part 2.4.

    Note: The rent ceiling for a member sharing applies to the member even if the other residents of the home do not pay a share of the rent.
3.  In this section, location, in relation to a member, means one of the following.
    a.                                                                                                                                         If the member has had their housing benefit location extended under section 1.3.11 — the location with the lowest rent ceiling out of the following.
                                                                                                                                               i.                                                                                                                                                      The location in column A of the table in Annex 7.E where the member lives.
                                                                                                                                               ii.                                                                                                                                                     The location in column A of the table in Annex 7.E that would have applied to the member if they lived in their housing benefit location without the extension.
    b.                                                                                                                                         For any other member — the location in column A of the table in Annex 7.E in which the member's primary service location is located.

7.8.10A Rent ceiling for overlapping housing benefit locations

1.  This section applies to a member if all of the following apply.
    a.                                                                                         The member's housing benefit location overlaps with their previous housing benefit location.
    b.                                                                                         The member continues to occupy the same rental accommodation they occupied in the previous housing benefit location.
    c.                                                                                         The rental accommodation is in the overlapping area of the two housing benefit locations.
    d.                                                                                         The member's housing benefit location has a lower rent ceiling than the previous housing benefit location.
2.  The member's rent ceiling is the rent ceiling of their previous housing benefit location.

7.8.11 No rent ceiling set for location

1.   This section applies to a member who lives in a location where a rent ceiling has not been determined.
1A.  The member's rent ceiling is the same amount as