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Regulation 4 Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations

England, Wales and Scotland

F1In the Council Tax Benefit Regulations–

(a)

in regulation 53A M1 (extended payments)—

(i)

in paragraph (1) omit “other than a case to which paragraph (1A) applies”;

(ii)

omit paragraph (1A);

(iii)

in paragraph (1B) omit “or (1A)”;

(iv)

omit paragraph (5)(a)(i) and in paragraph (5)(a)(ii) omit “(ii) in any other case–” and renumber sub-head (aa) as head (i) and sub-head (bb) as head (ii);

(b)

in paragraph (15)(c) of regulation 62 (time and manner in which claims are to be made) M2 omit “has certified the matters specified in regulation 53A(1A)(b) to the relevant authority or”;

(c)

in regulation 66 M3 (who is to make a decision)—

(i)

in paragraph (4) omit “and subject to paragraph (5)”; and

(ii)

omit paragraph (5);

(d)

in regulation 95(3) M4 (information to be supplied by an authority to another authority) omit sub-paragraph (aa);

(e)

in Schedule 5A(extended payments of council tax benefit) M5 —

(i)

paragraph 8(1) shall be renumbered paragraph 8 and in that renumbered paragraph–

(aa)

in the definition of “claimant” omit “, subject to sub-paragraph (2),”;

(bb)

in the definition of “the relevant benefit period” omit “or as the case may be, (1A)(a)”; and

(ii)

omit paragraph 8(2).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 3, 4 revoked (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

Marginal citations

M1

Regulation 53A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/2556, S.I. 2001/537 and S.I. 2001/1605.

M2

Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2001/1605, S.I. 1996/1510.

M3

Paragraphs (4) and (5) were inserted by S.I. 1996/194. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1510, S.I. 1996/2432, S.I. 1999/2556, S.I. 2001/635, S.I. 2001/537 and S.I. 2001/1605.

M4

The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1999/2556.

M5

Schedule 5A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1510, S.I. 1999/2556, S.I. 2000/724, S.I. 2001/537 and S.I. 2001/1605.