# The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992, Regulation 92: Information to be supplied by the Secretary of State to an appropriate authority

Extent: E+W+S

(1) For the purposes of section 128(1) of the Administration Act 1992 (information which may be supplied by the Secretary of State where required by appropriate authorities in connection with the exercise of their functions relating to council tax benefit), the information prescribed by this regulation is—
(a) the name, date of birth and address of any person who is in receipt of income support and of any partner he may have;
(b) the date on which a claim for income support under Part VII of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 by a person was received by the appropriate social security office;
(c) that a person’s claim for income support has been disallowed;
(d) where a person’s claim for income support has been disallowed, the reason for the disallowance;
(e) where an award of income support has been made to a person, the first day of entitlement to that benefit;
(f) the date on which a person’s entitlement to income support ended or is to end and the date on which the payment of income support ceased or is to cease;
(g) where a person’s entitlement to income support ends, the reason for it ending;
(h) the national insurance number in respect of any person who is in receipt of income support and of any partner he may have;
(i) where a person or any partner of his is in receipt of income support and changes his residence from the area of one appropriate authority to that of another, the date on which a claim for council tax benefit by that person or his partner is received by the appropriate social security office;
(j) where—
(i) a person in receipt of income support or any partner of his reports to an appropriate DSS office that another person is residing or has ceased to reside with him, and
(ii) that other person is a non-dependant,
the name and date of birth of that other person;
(k) any information not referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j) above which is required for the purpose of—
(i) the calculation and recovery of excess council tax benefit,
(ii) the investigation and prevention of offences relating to council tax benefit,
(iii) any proceedings for an offence relating to council tax benefit.
(2) Except in the case of a non-dependant to whom paragraph (1)(j) refers, in this regulation “person” means a person by whom or in respect of whom a claim for council tax benefit has been made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/1814/regulation/92 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/council-tax-benefit-general-regulations-1992/regulation-92
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