{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no8-and-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2013/article-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/358",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No.8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no8-and-savings-and-transitional-provisions-order-2013",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions for council tax benefit",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of allowing a billing authority, or in Scotland a local authority, to make decisions in relation to matters in respect of council tax benefit arising before 1st April 2013 where a claim is received on or after 1st April 2013—\n(a) the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 as saved by virtue of article 9 are modified in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 5 to this Order; and\n(b) the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 as saved by virtue of article 9 are modified in accordance with Part 2 of Schedule 5 to this Order.\n(2) In this article—\n“billing authority” has the meaning given in Part 1 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 ; and\n“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/215."
    },
    {
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      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/216."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1992 c.14."
    },
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1994 c.39."
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/358/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:48.460891+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}