Regulation 26 Amendment of regulation 87 of the General Regulations

in paragraph (1) after “(2)” there shall be inserted “(2A),”;

after paragraph (2) the following paragraph shall be inserted —

“(2A)

Where, in Scotland, a person’s liability for a personal community charge in respect of the financial year beginning 1st April 1989 is reduced in consequence of regulations made under section 9A of the 1987 Act, any benefit to which he was entitled in respect of that charge under the Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 ^f1, shall take account of his reduced liability for that charge and any benefit which is found to have been overpaid may be recovered by an addition to any amount payable in respect of a personal community charge under that Act or by deduction from any sums to which he may be entitled in consequence of regulations made under section 9A.”.