Regulation 2 Transitional provision for claims
A claim for housing benefit under the new scheme may be made during the period of 13 weeks immediately preceding the relevant date, and a claim for a rebate or allowance under an old scheme made during that period may in addition be treated as a claim for housing benefit under the new scheme.
A claim for a rebate or an allowance under an old scheme made, but not determined, before the relevant date—
shall remain effective, in respect of any period before that date, as a claim for a rebate or an allowance under an old scheme; and
shall be treated, in respect of any period after that date, as a claim for housing benefit under the new scheme.
Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, any claim for housing benefit under the new scheme made or treated as made in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2)(b) may be determined before the relevant date in accordance with the Act and Regulations made under the Act as if those provisions were in force.
Where a claim is made on or after the relevant date in respect of a period before that date the appropriate authority may determine under regulation 72(15) of the General Regulations (backdating claims for good cause) that the claim may be backdated and, in any case where it so determines, entitlement to a rebate or allowance in respect of the period before the relevant date shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of an old scheme.
Regulation 76(3) of the General Regulations (time within which claims are to be determined) shall not apply to claims for housing benefit under the new scheme made or treated as made under this regulation until 14 days before the relevant date.
In order to determine a person's entitlement to housing benefit under the new scheme, for the purposes of these Regulations, the appropriate authority may require that person to furnish such certificates, documents, information and evidence as it may reasonably require.