Regulation 10 Amendment of regulation 60 of the principal Regulations

for paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —

“(4)

Where in the course of a benefit period —

(a)

a claimant’s partner becomes liable for the appropriate authority’s personal community charge or for a collective community charge contribution in that authority’s area on a day prior to which the partner was not so liable; or

(b)

a claimant or his partner ceases to be a registered student; or

(c)

a claimant acquires a partner or acquires a new partner,

and the claimant gives notice of any such change of circumstances at —

(i)

either of the offices referred to in paragraph (5)(b), where the claimant or his partner is a person on income support, or

(ii)

the designated office in any other case,

the notification may also have effect as a new claim for community charge benefit for both the claimant and his partner.”;

after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph —

“(4A)

Where both partners give notice in accordance with paragraph (4) the claimant for the purposes of any new claim shall be determined in accordance with regulation 59(1) (claims by couples).”.