Regulation 5A Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006F1

(1)

The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 42(2)(c) (notional income), after “personal pension scheme” insert “ , occupational pension scheme ”.

(3)

In regulation 49(2)(d) (notional capital), after “personal pension scheme” insert “ , occupational pension scheme ”.

(4)

In regulation 52 (calculation of tariff income from capital)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

omit “(2) or”; and

(ii)

for “£3,000” (in both places) substitute “ £6,000 ”;

(b)

omit paragraph (2);

(c)

in paragraphs (6) and (7), omit “, (2)”.

Annotations

F1: Reg. 5A inserted (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 28(5) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, 4)