{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992/regulation-59", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992/regulation-59.json", "legislation": "uksi/1992/1814", "legislation_title": "The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992", "path": "regulation/59", "kind": "regulation", "number": "59", "heading": "Date on which change of circumstances is to take effect", "text": "(1) Except in cases where regulation 18 (disregard of changes in tax, contributions, etc) applies and subject to paragraphs (2) to (7), a change of circumstances which affects entitlement to, or the amount of, council tax benefit (“change of circumstances”), shall take effect from the first day of the benefit week following the date on which the change actually occurs, and where that change is cessation of entitlement to any benefit under the Contribution and Benefits Act 1992, the date on which the change actually occurs shall be the day immediately following the last day of entitlement to that benefit.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where the change of circumstances is a change in the amount of council tax payable, it shall take effect from the day on which it actually occurs.\n(3) Where the change of circumstances is a change in the amount a person is liable to pay in respect of council tax in consequence of regulations under section 13 or 80 of the 1992 Act (reduced amounts of council tax) or changes in the discount to which a dwelling may be subject under sections 11, 12 or 79 of that Act, it shall take effect from the day on which the change in amount has effect.\n(4) Where the change of circumstances is an amendment to these Regulations, it shall take effect from the date on which the amendment to these Regulations comes into force.\n(5) Where the change of circumstances is the claimant’s acquisition of a partner, the change shall have effect on the day on which the acquisition takes place.\n(6) Where the change of circumstances is the death of a claimant’s partner or their separation, it shall have effect on the day the death or separation occurs.\n(7) If two or more changes of circumstances occurring in the same benefit week would, but for this paragraph, take effect in different benefit weeks in accordance with paragraphs (1) to (6) they shall take effect from the day to which the appropriate paragraph from (2) to (6) above refers, or, where more than one day is concerned, from the earlier day.", "extent": "E+W+S", "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "F", "label": "F1", "text": "Words in reg. 59(7) substituted (1.4.1993 immediately after art. 20 of S.I. 1993/349 comes into force) by The Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/688), regs. 1(1), 16" }, { "type": "I", "label": "I1", "text": "Reg. 59 in force at 1.4.1993, see reg. 1(b)" } ], "outstanding_effects": [ { "type": "omitted", "affecting": "uksi/2005/2502", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.3) Regulations 2005" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2003/325", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2003" }, { "type": "added", "affecting": "uksi/2003/325", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2003" }, { "type": "words susbstituted", "affecting": "uksi/2003/1338", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2003" }, { "type": "word substituted by SI 2003/325 reg. 22(5)(b) (as amended)", "affecting": "uksi/2003/2275", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003" }, { "type": "words substituted by SI 2003/325 reg. 22(5)(b) (as amended)", "affecting": "uksi/2003/2275", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003" }, { "type": "substituted by SI 2003/325 reg. 22(5)(b) (as amended)", "affecting": "uksi/2003/2275", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003" }, { "type": "word substituted by SI 2003/325 reg. 22(5)(b) (as amended)", "affecting": "uksi/2003/2275", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003" }, { "type": "words substituted by SI 2003/325 reg. 22(5)(b) (as amended)", "affecting": "uksi/2003/2275", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003" }, { "type": "words substituted by SI 2003/325 reg. 22(5)(b) (as amended)", "affecting": "uksi/2003/2275", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2003/308", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2003" }, { "type": "inserted", "affecting": "uksi/2003/308", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2003" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2003/308", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2003" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2001/1605", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals and Discretionary Financial Assistance) (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2001 (revoked)" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1996/1510", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit and Supply of Information (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996" }, { "type": "words inserted", "affecting": "uksi/2004/2327", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2004/2327", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, State Pension Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2004" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/2000/897", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1994/578", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1994" }, { "type": "added", "affecting": "uksi/1994/578", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1994" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "uksi/1995/511", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 1995" }, { "type": "inserted", "affecting": "uksi/1995/511", "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 1995" }, { "type": "amended", "affecting": "uksi/2000/897", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000" } ], "provenance": { "source": "legislation.gov.uk", "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1814/regulation/59", "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:39.387743+00:00" }, "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0", "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/", "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives." }