Regulation 8 Insertion of regulation 91A into the General Regulations

After regulation 91 of the General Regulations (payment on account of a rent allowance) there shall be inserted the following regulation —

“Payment on account of a rent or rate rebate

91A

(1)

Where it is impracticable for the appropriate authority to determine a claim for a rent or rate rebate within 14 days of the claim for it first having been made and that impracticability does not arise out of the failure of the claimant without good cause to furnish such information, certificates, documents or evidence as the authority reasonably requires and has requested, the authority may make a payment on account of any entitlement to a rent or rate rebate for any period ending on or before 30th June 1988 of such amount as it considers reasonable having regard to such information which may at the time be available to it concerning the claimant’s circumstances.

(2)

Paragraphs (2) and (3) of regulation 91 (payment on account of a rent allowance) shall apply to a payment on account under paragraph (1) as they apply to a payment on account of a rent allowance under paragraph (1) of that regulation.”