# The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1994, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S. I.1987/1971), the Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988 (S. I.1988/662) and the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S. I.1992/1814) so that with respect to each benefit—
(a) they provide a definition of “personal pension scheme” and omit the definition of “boarder” (regulations 2 and 15);
(b) they further specify the amount to be deducted in certain circumstances in respect of national insurance contributions when calculating a person’s income (regulations 4, 7, 17 and 20);
(c) with respect to the calculation of the earnings of self-employed earners, they amend the provisions for calculating the weekly amount of earnings; they amend the definition of earnings in relation to certain allowances paid to assist a person in carrying on his business; and they provide that a proportion of any premium paid in respect of a personal pension scheme shall be disregarded (regulations 3, 5, 6, 16, 18 and 19);
(d) they further define the amount to be disregarded in calculating a student’s covenant income and a student’s income other than grant income and covenant income (regulations 8, 9, 21 and 22);
(e) they make further provision as to the date on which a change of circumstances is to take effect, where the change is in respect of a person’s income (regulations 11 and 23);
(f) with respect to the calculation of income other than earnings they provide a disregard where an increase of a specified benefit is payable in respect of a dependant who is not a member of the claimant’s family, and further define the amount to be disregarded in respect of payments made to a claimant where other persons occupy the claimant’s home (regulations 13 and 25);
(g) they specify the time within which authorities shall supply to the Secretary of State information as to cases in which there has been an intervention by a designated fraud officer of the authority (regulations 14 and 24).
With respect to housing benefit they further specify the extent to which a local authority may in exceptional circumstances increase a person’s maximum housing benefit (regulations 10 and 12).
These Regulations do not impose a charge on businesses.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/578/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1994/note
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