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2001 No. 537

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Extended Payments) Regulations 2001

  Made 22nd February 2001 
  Laid before Parliament 2nd March 2001 
  Coming into force 9th April 2001 

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 5(1)(a), 6(1)(a), 128A(1), 189(4) and (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992[1], sections 123(1)(d) and (e), 130(4), 131(10), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[2] and sections 34(3), 39(2) and 79(1) and (4) of the Social Security Act 1998[3] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned[4] and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations need not be referred to it[5], hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Extended Payments) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 9th April 2001.

    (2) In these Regulations - 

Common amendments
     2. In the definition of "an income-based jobseeker's allowance" in regulation 2(1) of both the Council Tax Benefit Regulations and the Housing Benefit Regulations[8] (interpretation), for the words "has the same meaning in these Regulations as it has" there shall be substituted the words "and "a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance" have the same meaning as they have".

Amendment of regulation 62A of the Housing Benefit Regulations
     3.  - (1) Regulation 62A of the Housing Benefit Regulations[9] (extended payments) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

    (2) In paragraph (1) - 

    (3) In paragraph (1A) - 

    (4) For paragraph (1B) there shall be substituted the following paragraph - 

    (5) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph - 

    (6) In sub-paragraph (a)(ii) of paragraph (5), for the words after "other case" to the end of that head there shall be substituted the words - 

    (7) After paragraph (5) there shall be added the following paragraph - 

Amendment of regulation 72 of the Housing Benefit Regulations
     4. At the end of regulation 72(14)(c) of the Housing Benefit Regulations[11] (time and manner in which claims are to be made), there shall be added the words "or has notified the appropriate authority that regulation 6(5) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) applies to that person".

Amendment of regulation 76 of the Housing Benefit Regulations
     5. In regulation 76 of the Housing Benefit Regulations[12] (who is to make a determination) - 

Amendment of Schedule 5A to the Housing Benefit Regulations
     6.  - (1) Schedule 5A to the Housing Benefit Regulations[13] (extended payments of housing benefit) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

    (2) In paragraph 2 - 

    (3) For paragraph 3 there shall be substituted the following paragraph - 

    (4) In paragraph 4 - 

    (5) In paragraph 12(1), the definition of "relevant trainee" shall be omitted.

Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988
     7. In regulation 5 of the Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988[14] (information to be supplied by an authority to another authority) - 

Amendment of regulation 53A of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
     8.  - (1) Regulation 53A of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations[16] (extended payments) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

    (2) In paragraph (1) - 

    (3) In paragraph (1A) - 

    (4) For paragraph (1B) there shall be substituted the following paragraph - 

    (5) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph - 

    (6) In sub-paragraph (a)(ii) of paragraph (5), for the words after "other case" to the end of that head there shall be substituted the words - 

    (7) After paragraph (5) there shall be added the following paagraph - 

Amendment of regulation 62 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
     9. At the end of regulation 62(15)(c) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations[17] (time and manner in which claims are to be made), there shall be added the words "or has notified the appropriate authority that regulation 6(5) of Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) applies to that person".

Amendment of regulation 66 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
     10. In regulation 66 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations[18] (who is to make a determination) - 

Amendment of regulation 95 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
     11. In regulation 95 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations[19] (information to be supplied by an authority to another authority) - 

Amendment of Schedule 5A to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
     12.  - (1) Schedule 5A to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations[20] (extended payments of council tax benefit) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

    (2) In paragraph 2 - 

    (3) For paragraph 3 there shall be substituted the following paragraph - 

    (4) In paragraph 8(1), the definition of "relevant trainee" shall be omitted.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.


P. Hollis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security

22nd February 2001


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations amend the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971), the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814) and the Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/662).

In particular, regulations 3 to 6 (in relation to housing benefit) and 8 to 10 and 12 (in relation to council tax benefit) make changes to the rules relating to entitlement to, and claims for, extended payments of those benefits and also provide (in regulations 3(5) and 8(5)) that extended payments of those benefits shall not be payable to a person who is entitled to income support by virtue of regulation 6(5) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967). Those provisions also make consequential and minor technical amendments.

Regulations 7 and 11 amend the provisions relating to the exchange of certain information by authorities in connection with the making of extended payments.

Regulation 2 makes a consequential amendment to the definition of "income-based jobseeker's allowance".

These Regulations do not impose a charge on businesses.

Notes:

 [1] 1992 c. 5; section 6(1) was amended to have effect in relation to council tax benefit by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), paragraph 12(1); section 128A was inserted by section 28 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18); section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word "prescribe". back

[2] 1992 c. 4; sections 123 and 137 were amended to have effect in relation to council tax benefit by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992, paragraphs 1 and 9; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word "prescribed".back

[3] 1998 c. 14; section 39(2) applies section 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 to section 34(3).back

[4] See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.back

[5] See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.back

[6] S.I. 1992/1814.back

[7] S.I. 1987/1971.back

[8] The definition of an "income-based jobseeker's allowance" was inserted by S.I. 1996/1510.back

[9] Regulation 62A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194 and amended by S.I. 1999/2556.back

[10] S.I. 1987/1967; regulation 6(5) was added by S.I. 2001/488.back

[11] Regulation 72(14)(c) was inserted by S.I. 1999/2556.back

[12] Regulation 76(4) was added by S.I. 1996/194 and amended by S.I. 1996/1510 and 1999/2556. Regulation 76(5) was added by S.I. 1999/2556.back

[13] Schedule 5A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1510, 1999/2556 and 2000/724.back

[14] S.I. 1988/662; regulation 5 was added by S.I. 1996/194; paragraph (3)(aa) was inserted by S.I. 1999/2556.back

[15] S.I. 1987/1967; regulation 6(5) was added by S.I. 2001/488.back

[16] Regulation 53A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194 and amended by S.I.1999/2556.back

[17] Regulation 62(15A) was inserted by S.I. 1999/2556.back

[18] Regulation 66(4) was added by S.I. 1996/194 and amended by S.I. 1996/1510 and 1999/2556. Regulation 66(5) was added by S.I. 1999/2556.back

[19] Regulation 95(3)(aa) was inserted by S.I. 1999/2556.back

[20] Schedule 5A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1510, 1999/2556 and 2000/724.back


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 © Crown copyright 2001

Prepared 2 March 2001

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