{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992/regulation-66",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992/regulation-66.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/66",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "Who is to make a determination",
  "text": "(1) Unless provided otherwise by these Regulations, any matter required to be determined under these Regulations shall be determined in the first instance by the appropriate authority.\n(2) An authority shall be under no duty to determine a claim—\n(a) where the claim has not been made in accordance with regulation 62(1) (time and manner in which claims are to be made) or treated as so made by virtue of regulation 62(8);\n(b) where the claimant has failed to satisfy the provisions of regulation 63 (evidence and information);\n(c) where the claim has been or is treated as withdrawn under regulation 64 (amendment and withdrawal of claim);\n(d) made more than 13 benefit weeks prior to the expiry of the claimant’s current benefit period.\n(3) Every claim shall be determined by the appropriate authority within 14 days of the provisions of regulations 62 and 63 being satisfied (time and manner for making claims and evidence and information required) or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 66(2)(a) 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), 19"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 66 in force at 1.4.1993, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
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      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1338",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1589",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Back to Work Bonus and Lone Parent Run-on) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/1589",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Back to Work Bonus and Lone Parent Run-on) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2003"
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      "type": "word 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)"
    },
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      "type": "words substituted",
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      "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/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)"
    },
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      "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/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)"
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      "type": "words substituted",
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    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/537",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Extended Payments) Regulations 2001 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/537",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Extended Payments) Regulations 2001 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/537",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Extended Payments) Regulations 2001 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/194",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit, Supply of Information and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "words added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2432",
      "affecting_title": "The Council Tax Benefit and Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/2432",
      "affecting_title": "The Council Tax Benefit and Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/1510",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit and Supply of Information (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996"
    },
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      "type": "substituted for reg. 66(1)-(3) and heading",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/2556",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/2556",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
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      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1999"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1814/regulation/66",
    "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."
}