Paragraph 1 Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987

(1)

The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M1 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “housing benefit expenditure”M2, for “regulation 10(1) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987”, substitute “ regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ”.

(3)

In regulation 51A(3)(b) M3 (diminishing notional capital rule), for “the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987”, substitute “ the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ”.

(4)

In regulation 51A(3)(d) M4, for “regulation 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992”, substitute “ regulation 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 ”.

(5)

In Schedule 3 (housing costs)—

(a)

in paragraph 17(2)(a), for “paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987”, substitute “ paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ”;

(b)

in paragraph 17(2)(b), for “paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987” substitute “ paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ”; and

(c)

in paragraph 18(7)(e), for “regulation 63 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987”, substitute “ regulation 74 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ”.

(6)

In Schedule 3A M5 (protected sum)—

(a)

in paragraph 1(1), in sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “eligible housing benefit”, for “regulation 61 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987” substitute “ regulation 70 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ”;

(b)

in paragraph 7(7)(b), for “regulation 65 or, as the case may be, 68(2) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987”, substitute “ regulation 76 or, as the case may be, regulation 79(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ”; and

(c)

in paragraph 7(8)(b), for “regulation 65 or, as the case may be, 68(2) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987”, substitute “ regulation 76 or, as the case may be, regulation 79(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ”.

(7)

In Schedule 3B M6 (protected sum)—

(a)

(b)

in paragraph 3(2), for “regulation 8(2)(b) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987”, substitute “ regulation 11(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ”;

(c)

in paragraph 6(4)(b), for “regulation 65 or, as the case may be, 68(2) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987”, substitute “ regulation 76 or, as the case may be, regulation 79(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ”; and

(d)

in paragraph 6(5)(b), for “regulation 65 or, as the case may be, 68(2) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987”, substitute “ regulation 76 or, as the case may be, regulation 79(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ”.

(8)

In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), in paragraph 5, for “regulation 7B of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987” substitute “ regulation 10A of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 ”.

(9)

In Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded), in paragraph 48 for “regulation 7B of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987” substitute “ regulation 10A of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 M7 ”.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: S.I. 1987/1967.
M2: Substituted by S.I. 1997/65.
M3: Regulation 51A was inserted by S.I. 1990/1776.
M4: Regulation 51A(3)(d) inserted by 1993/315.
M5: Schedule 3A was inserted by S.I. 1988/1445.
M6: Schedule 3B was inserted by S.I. 1989/534.
M7: See regulation 7 and Schedule 4, paragraph 2 for regulation 10A and Schedule A1 (claims by refugees).