Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 14
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2004
Made
7th January 2004
Laid before Parliament
12th January 2004
Coming into force
5th April 2004
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the provisions specified in the Schedule to these Regulations and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned , and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it hereby makes the following Regulations:—
PART 1 General
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 5th April 2004.
(2) In these Regulations—
“ the Act ” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 ;
“ appropriate relevant authority ” has the same meaning as in paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Act;
“ benefit period ” has the same meaning as in regulation 66 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 57 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations as the case may be, as in force immediately before 5th April 2004;
“ the Council Tax Benefit Regulations ” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 ;
“ Housing Act functions ” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations;
“ relevant authority ” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations;
“ the Housing Benefit Regulations ” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 .
PART 2 Amendment of Housing Benefit Regulations and Council Tax Benefit Regulations
Amendment of regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 2 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of regulation 7 of the Housing Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of regulation 11 of the Housing Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of regulation 21 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 13 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of regulation 21A of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 13A of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of regulation 22 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 14 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of regulation 23 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 15 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of regulation 24 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 16 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
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Extended payments
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Date on which an award of benefit is to end
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Benefit period
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Change of circumstances
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Time claims are made or treated as made
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Amendment of regulation 70 of the Housing Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of regulation 76 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 66 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of regulation 104 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 90 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of regulation 95 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of Schedule 1A to the Housing Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Housing Benefit Regulations and Schedule 1 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit Regulations and Schedule 5 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of Schedule 5A to the Housing Benefit Regulations and Schedule 5A to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
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Amendment of Schedule 6 to the Housing Benefit Regulations and Schedule 6 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
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Minor and consequential amendments
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PART 3 Transitional and Saving Provisions
Transitional provision
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Transitional provision for rent officer referrals
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Saving provision for extended payments
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PART 4 Amendment of Other Provisions
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SCHEDULE Provisions conferring powers exercised in making these Regulations
| Column (1) | Column 2 | Column (3) |
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| Short title | Provision | Relevant amendments |
| Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 | ||
| Section 123(1)(d) and (e) | Local Government Finance Act 1992 , Schedule 9, paragraph 1(1) | |
| Section 130(2) and (4) | Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 3, Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 , Schedule 13, paragraph 174, Local Government Act 2000 , section 96 | |
| Section 131(10) | Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 4 | |
| Section 135(1) | ||
| Section 136(3), (4) and (5) | ||
| Section 136A | State Pension Credit Act 2002 , Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 3 | |
| Section 137(1) and (2)(i) | ||
| Section 175(3), (4), (5) and (6) | Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 10, Social Security Incapacity for Work Act 1994 , Schedule 1, paragraph 36, Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 , Schedule 3, paragraph 29 | |
| Social Security Administration Act 1992 | ||
| Section 5(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (h), (i), (j) and (k) | Social Security Act 1998 , Schedule 7, paragraph 79(1) | |
| Section 6(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (h), (i), (k) and (l) | Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 12(1)(a) and (b) and Schedule 14 | |
| Section 75(2) and (4) | ||
| Section 76(1) and (2) | Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 15 and Schedule 14, Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 Schedule 13, paragraph 175(3) | |
| Section 128A | Jobseekers Act 1995 , section 28(2) | |
| Section 189(4), (5) and (7) | Social Security Act 1998, Schedule 7, paragraph 109 | |
| Section 191 | ||
| Housing Act 1996 | ||
| Section 122(3) and (5) | ||
| Social Security Act 1998 | ||
| Section 34(1) to (3) | State Pension Credit Act 2002, Schedule 2, paragraphs 40, 41 | |
| Section 79(4) and (6) | ||
| Section 84 | ||
| Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 | ||
| Schedule 7, paragraph 4(4) and (6) | ||
| Schedule 7, paragraph 23(1) |