Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814), the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2887), the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1973) and the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971).
The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 and the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 are amended to provide for entitlement to an additional allowance or credit of £10 per week where either the claimant or his partner or both of them work not less than 30 hours per week and for the manner in which those hours shall be calculated (regulations 3 to 8).
The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 and the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 are amended so that any additional disability working allowance or additional family credit which is awarded to the claimant is disregarded from a claimant’s income in calculating his entitlement to council tax benefit and housing benefit (regulations 2 and 9).
These Regulations do not impose a charge upon businesses.