# The Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 1988, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and application

Extent: E+W+S

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force for the purposes of regulations 1, 58 to 63 (claims) and 90 (exchange of information) on 23rd November 1988 and for all other purposes on 1st April 1989.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to housing benefit in the form of a community charge rebate to which section 28(1)(aa) of the Act refers and accordingly–
(a) save in regulations 25(3)(a), 33(3)(a), 60(a) and 90(1), in Schedule 3 paragraphs 35 and 36 and in Schedule 4 paragraphs 28 and 34, any reference in these Regulations to housing benefit is a reference only to housing benefit in that form; and
(b) the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 and, save as provided in regulation 90 of these Regulations, the Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988 shall not apply to housing benefit in that form and any reference to housing benefit excludes, save as so provided, a reference to housing benefit in that form.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1890/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-community-charge-rebates-scotland-regulations-1988/regulation-1
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