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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-supply-of-information-regulations-1988/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/662",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-supply-of-information-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Information to be supplied by the Secretary of State to an authority",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 31(1) of the Act (information which may be supplied by the Secretary of State where required by authorities in connection with the exercise of their functions relating to housing benefit), the information prescribed by this regulation is—\n(a) the date on which a claim for income support by a claimant was received by the appropriate DHSS office;\n(b) that a claimant’s claim for income support has been disallowed;\n(c) where a claimant’s claim for income support has been disallowed on account of his capital exceeding the amount prescribed in regulation 45 of the Income Support Regulations (capital limit), the reason for the disallowance;\n(d) where an award of income support has been made, the first day of entitlement to that benefit;\n(e) the date on which a claimant’s entitlement to income support ended or is to end;\n(f) where a claimant’s entitlement to income support ends, the reason for it ending;\n(g) any further information required for the purpose of—\n(i) the calculation and recovery of overpayments of housing benefit,\n(ii) the investigation and prevention of offences relating to housing benefit,\n(iii) any proceedings for an offence under the benefit Acts relating to housing benefit.\n(2) Where the Secretary of State is aware of a claim for housing benefit in a case where an amount of income support payable to the claimant or his partner is being paid direct to the claimant’s landlord, the Secretary of State may inform the authority concerned with the claim that such payments are being made and when such payments cease.",
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    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/2137",
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    {
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    {
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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