# The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2000, Regulation 10: Amendment to Schedule 1A to the Housing Benefit Regulations


In Schedule 1A to the Housing Benefit Regulations (excluded tenancies) for sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 2 there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph–
“(2) Sub-paragraph (1) shall cease to apply where–
(a) a claimant has submitted a further claim for housing benefit and either–
(i) that claim follows a benefit period or consecutive benefit periods in respect of a previous claim or claims which he has made which, in either case, subsisted continuously for 52 weeks or more; or
(ii) his last benefit period was extended in accordance with regulation 66(5) (benefit period) and substisted continuously for 52 weeks or more following that extension; or
(b) in any other case, the determination mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) was made more than 12 months before the date on which the appropriate authority received the claim, notification, or request in question.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/4/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-2000/regulation-10
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