Regulation 8 Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006

(1)

The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)

in paragraph (1) omit the definition of “service user group”;

(b)

after paragraph (4) insert—

“(5)
References in these Regulations to a claimant participating as a service user are to—

(a)
a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—

(i)
a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing; or

(ii)
a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,

in their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services; or

(b)
the carer of a person consulted under sub-paragraph (a).”.

(3)

In regulation 35(2)(d) (earnings of an employed earner), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(4)

In regulation 42(12A) (notional income), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(5)

In paragraph 2A of Schedule 5 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2006/213. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/3019, 2004/1141, 2005/2677 and 2009/2655.