{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-community-charge-rebates-scotland-regulations-1988/regulation-64",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-community-charge-rebates-scotland-regulations-1988/regulation-64.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1890",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-community-charge-rebates-scotland-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/64",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "64",
  "heading": "Who is to make a determination",
  "text": "(1) Unless provided otherwise by these Regulations, any matter required to be determined under these Regulations shall be determined in the first instance by the appropriate authority.\n(2) An authority shall be under no duty to determine a claim–\n(a) where the claim has not been made in accordance with regulation 59(1) (time and manner in which claims are to be made) or treated as so made by virtue of regulation 59(10);\n(b) where the claimant has failed to satisfy the provisions of regulation 61 (evidence and information);\n(c) where the claim has been or is treated as withdrawn under regulation 62 (amendment and withdrawal of claim);\n(d) made more than 13 benefit weeks prior to the expiry of the claimant’s current benefit period.\n(3) Every claim shall be determined by the appropriate authority within 14 days of the provisions of regulations 61 and 62 being satisfied or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 64 in force at 1.4.1989, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1890/regulation/64",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:55:44.151213+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}