Article 16 Amendments to the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Social Entitlement Chamber) Rules 2008

in paragraph (1) for the words from “social security” to the end of the paragraph, substitute “appeals under paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000^f1 (housing benefit and council tax benefit: revisions and appeals) or under section 22 of the Child Trust Funds Act 2004^f2”;

in paragraph (2) for the words “within the time specified in Schedule 1 to these Rules (time limits for providing notices of appeal to the decision maker)”, substitute—

“no later than the latest of—

(a)

in a housing benefit or council tax benefit case—

(i)

one month after the date on which notice of the decision being challenged was sent to the appellant;

(ii)

if a written statement of reasons for the decision was requested within that month, 14 days after the later of—

(aa)

the end of that month; or

(ab)

the date on which the written statement of reasons was provided; or

(iii)

if the appellant made an application for revision of the decision under regulation 4(1)(a) of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001^f3 and that application was unsuccessful, one month after the date on which notice that the decision would not be revised was sent to the appellant;

(b)

in an appeal under section 22 of the Child Trust Funds Act 2004, the period of 30 days specified in section 23(1) of that Act^f4.”;

in paragraph (3), for “paragraph (2)”, substitute “paragraph (2)(a)”;

in each of paragraphs (4), (5) and (7)(a) and (b), for “Schedule 1” substitute “paragraph (2)”;

in paragraph (8) omit “or (aa)”.