
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2002, and shall come into force on 7th October 2002.
2 
In paragraph 11A of Schedule 1A to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (excluded tenancies—property acquired by social landlords)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (1) for “sub-paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted “sub-paragraphs (2) and (3)”; and
(b) after sub-paragraph (2) there shall be added—“
(3) Where the disposal or acquisition, as the case may be, took place on or after 7th October 2002, sub-paragraph (2)(b) shall apply to a tenancy to which sub-paragraph (1) refers as if head (i) were omitted.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Malcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
9th September 2002