Regulation 9 Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

The Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006^f1 are amended as follows.

For regulation 58 (amendment and withdrawal of claim)^f2 substitute—

“Amendment and withdrawal of claim

58.

(1)

A person who has made a claim may amend it at any time before a decision has been made on it, by a notice in writing delivered or sent to the designated office, except where the claim was made by telephone in accordance with regulation 53(4A) where the amendment may be made by telephone, and any claim so amended shall be treated as if it had been amended in the first instance.

(2)

A person who has made a claim may withdraw it at any time before a decision has been made on it, by notice to the designated office, and any such notice of withdrawal shall have effect when it is received.”.

In paragraph 6(8)(a) of Schedule 1 (severe disability premium), for “the date on which the award is made” substitute “the date on which the award is first paid”.