# The Council Tax Benefit Abolition (Consequential Provision) Regulations 2013 S.I. 2013/458 · made 28 February 2013 · revised to 1 April 2026 These Regulations make revocations and amendments consequential upon the abolition of council tax benefit. Made under: Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Section 32) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-abolition-consequential-provision-regulations-2013/pdf/uksi_20130458_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-abolition-consequential-provision-regulations-2013/pdf/uksiem_20130458_en.pdf ## Introductory text Social Security Made 28th February 2013 Laid before Parliament 5th March 2013 Coming into force 1st April 2013 The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012. ## 1 Citation and commencement These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax Benefit Abolition (Consequential Provision) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1st April 2013. ## 2 Extent and application (1) Subject to paragraph (2), each of the revocations and amendments made by these Regulations has the same extent and application as the provision revoked or amended. (2) The revocations in Schedule 1 in respect of the following Regulations apply in relation to England only— (a) the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992; (b) the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996. ## 3 Revocations The provisions specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations are revoked to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule. ## 4 Consequential amendments The amendments specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations have effect. ## Signature Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Freud Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 28th February 2013 ## Schedule 1 Revocations Statutory Instrument Statutory Instrument Number Extent of Revocation The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 1987/1967 In Schedule 9, paragraph 52. The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 1987/1968 In regulations 4(6B)(b)(i) and (iv), 4B(2)(a) and (b), 4D(4)(a) and (d), 4H(3)(a), (b) and (c) and 32B(2)(a) and (d), the words “or council tax benefit”. In regulation 32ZZA(2), the words “and the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006”. The Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992 1992/1815 In regulation 1(2), the definition of “council tax benefit”. In regulation 11(1)(j)(i), the words “, less any applicable council tax benefit”. In regulation 11(1)(j)(ii), the words— (a)“, less any council tax benefit applicable to that share”; (b)“, less any council tax benefit applicable to such amount”. In Schedule 2 paragraph 7, the words “or council tax benefit”. The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992 1992/2977 In regulation 2(1), the definition of “council tax benefit”. In Schedule 3, paragraph 28. The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 1996/207 In regulation 24A(2), the words “and the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006”. In Schedule 7, paragraph 51. The Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1996 1996/2745 In Schedule 2, paragraph 8(a)— (a)the words, “either council tax benefit or”; (b)paragraph (ii)(aa); (c)the words, “either regulation 18(1)(c) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 (treatment of child care charges) or, as the case may be,”. The Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996 1996/2890 In regulation 2(1), the definition of “council tax benefit”. Regulation 10(3)(a)(i). In Schedule 2 paragraph 12, the words “council tax benefit,”. In Schedule 3— (a)in paragraph 4(a), the words “council tax benefit,”; (b)paragraph 49. In Schedule 4— (a)in paragraph 6(a), the words “council tax benefit,”; (b)paragraph 45. The Social Security (Child Maintenance Bonus) Regulations 1996 1996/3195 Regulation 14(b). The Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000 2000/636 In regulation 2— (a)in paragraphs (1) and (4)(a), the words “or council tax benefit”; (b)in paragraph (6), the words “, council tax benefit”. The Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001 2001/1167 In regulation 2— (a)in paragraph (1)(a) the words, “council tax benefit or to both”; (b)in paragraph (1)(b), the words “or benefits”; (c)paragraph (3)(a). In regulation 3— (a)in sub-paragraph (c), the words “in a case where the person is entitled to housing benefit but not council tax benefit”; (b)sub-paragraphs (d) and (e). In regulation 4— (a)in sub-paragraph (a) the words, “, other than payments in respect of council tax,”; (b)sub-paragraph (b). In regulation 5(2), the words “council tax benefit or to both”. In regulation 6— (a)in paragraph (1)(b)(i), the words “, as the case may be, council tax benefit”; (b)in paragraph (2), the words “or council tax benefit.” The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 2002/1792 Regulation 15(1)(m). In Schedule 5, in paragraph 20A(4) in paragraph (a) of the definition of “official error”, the words “or council tax benefit.” The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 2006/213 In regulation 109(3), the words “or council tax benefit”. In Schedule 5, paragraph 51. The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 2006/214 Regulation 29(1)(j)(xii). In regulation 90(3) and in paragraph 5(2) and (3) of Schedule 4, the words “or council tax benefit”. In Schedule 6, in paragraph 22(4) in paragraph (a) of the definition of “official error”, the words “or council tax benefit”. The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Electronic Communications) Order 2006 2006/2968 Articles 4 and 5. The Independent Living Fund (2006) Order 2007 2007/2538 Articles 10 and 11. The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 2008/794 In Schedule 8, paragraph 65. The Social Security (National Insurance Number Information: Exemption) Regulations 2009 2009/471 Regulations 11 and 12. The Welfare Reform Act 2009 (Section 26) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2010 2010/424 Regulations 10 and 11. The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2010 2010/671 In Schedule 1, paragraphs 62 and 63. The Local Education Authorities and Children’s Services Authorities (Integration of Functions) (Local and Subordinate Legislation) Order 2010 2010/1172 In Schedule 3, paragraph 65. The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Miscellaneous Consequential Amendments) Order 2010 2010/1881 Articles 22 and 23. The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (England) Order 2010 2010/1941 Articles 16 and 17. The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2011 2011/1740 In Schedule 1, paragraphs 41 and 42. The Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Modifications of Enactments) Order 2011 2011/2581 In Schedule 2, paragraphs 53 and 54. The Social Security (Electronic Communications) (No 2) Order 2011 2011/2943 Articles 4 and 5. The Young People’s Learning Agency Abolition (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (England) Order 2012 2012/956 Articles 13 and 14. The Social Security (Information-sharing in relation to Welfare Services etc.) Regulations 2012 2012/1483 Regulation 6(1)(k). The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology or Numbering) Order 2012 2012/1809 In Part 2 of the Schedule in the table, the lines beginning— (a)“Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006”; (b)“Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006”. ## Schedule 2: Consequential amendments ## 1 The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 In regulation 51A(3)(d) (diminishing notional capital rule) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 for “has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 (interpretation)” substitute “means a period of 7 consecutive days beginning on a Monday and ending on a Sunday”. ## 2 The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 For regulation 33(1A) (persons unable to act) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 substitute— “(1A) Where a person has been appointed under regulation 82(3) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 or regulation 63(3) of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 by a relevant authority within the meaning of those Regulations to act on behalf of another in relation to a benefit claim or award, the Secretary of State may, if the person agrees, treat him as if he had appointed him under paragraph (1).”. ## 3 The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 In regulation 114(3)(c) (diminishing notional capital rule) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 for “has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (interpretation)” substitute “means a period of 7 consecutive days beginning on a Monday and ending on a Sunday”. ## 4 The Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations 1996 In regulation 12 (meaning of “benefit” for the purposes of section 28E of the Act) of the Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations 1996 for “, housing benefit, and council tax benefit” substitute “and housing benefit”. ## 5 The Child Support (Variations) Regulations 2000 In regulation 32 (meaning of “benefit” for the purposes of section 28E of the Act) of the Child Support (Variations) Regulations 2000 for “, housing benefit and council tax benefit” substitute “and housing benefit”. ## 6 The State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 In regulation 22(3)(c) (diminishing notional capital rule) of the State Pension Credit Regulations 2002 for “has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (interpretation)” substitute “means a period of 7 consecutive days beginning on a Monday and ending on a Sunday”. ## 7 The National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003 In regulation 17(1) (calculation of requirements) of the National Health Service (Travel Expenses and Remission of Charges) Regulations 2003 for sub-paragraph (b) substitute— “(b) the amount which represents the weekly amount of any housing benefit to which the claimant or any member of his family is entitled under the provisions of Part 7 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.”. ## 8 The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 In regulation 116(3)(c) (diminishing notional capital rule) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 for “has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 (interpretation)” substitute “means a period of 7 consecutive days beginning on a Monday and ending on a Sunday”. ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations make revocations and amendments consequential upon the abolition of council tax benefit. Regulation 3 and Schedule 1 make provision for revocations. Regulation 4 and Schedule 2 make consequential amendments. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/458 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-abolition-consequential-provision-regulations-2013 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.