# The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992, Regulation 58: Date on which benefit period is to end

Extent: E+W+S

The benefit period shall end with the last day of the final week of that period, determined by the appropriate authority in accordance with regulation 57(2) to (4) (benefit period) unless—
(a) the claimant is a person on income support and he ceases to be so entitled except in cases to which sub-paragraph (b) refers, when the benefit period will end with the last day of the benefit week in which the cessation of his entitlement takes effect in accordance with regulation 59 (date when change of circumstances is to take effect);
(b) the claimant is a person on income support and he ceases to be so entitled on account of an award of benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, when the benefit period will end at the end of the benefit week in which the payment of income support ceases; or
(c) the appropriate authority determines that some other change of circumstances has occurred which should result in the benefit period ending with an earlier week, when the benefit period will end with the last day of that week.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1814/regulation/58 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992/regulation-58
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