Regulation 14 Amendment of regulation 59 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 59 of the principal Regulations (time and manner in which claims are to be made) there shall be inserted the following paragraph after paragraph (2)–

“(2A)

Where–

(a)

a person is liable for a personal community charge from 1st April 1989, and

(b)

a claim for housing benefit in respect of that charge is received by the designated office of the appropriate authority either not more than 56 days after the day on which the claimant receives his first community charge demand notice issued in respect of that charge in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1987 Act^f1 or, not more than 56 days after 1st April 1989, whichever is the later, and

(c)

in a case where there has been a delay in issuing the demand notice, the delay is not in consequence of a failure by the claimant to notify the community charges registration officer that he is liable for that charge,

the claim for housing benefit shall be treated as having been made on 1st April 1989.”.