The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2003

Made: 21st May 2003

Laid before Parliament: 27th May 2003

Coming into force

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

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force—

• (a) for the purposes of Parts 1 and 3, on 16th June 2003; and

• (b) for all other purposes on 6th October 2003 immediately after the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2003 .

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PART 2 — Amendment of Housing Benefit Regulations and Council Tax Benefit Regulations

Housing Benefit Regulations and Council Tax Benefit Regulations

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Continuing payments where state pension credit claimed

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PART 3 — Transitory Provisions

Transitory provision

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Extension of benefit period

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Transitory provision for rent officer referrals

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PART 4 — Consequential and Transitional Provisions

Application of this Part

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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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Extended payments

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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 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 Schedule 1A to the Housing 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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Transitional provision

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Transitional provision for rent officer referrals

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PART 5 — Application and Amendment of Other Provisions

Amendment of regulation 10 of the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1995

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Amendment of regulation 4 of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1997

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Amendment of regulations 7 and 8 of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001

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SCHEDULE — Provisions Conferring Powers Exercised in making these Regulations

Column (1)	Column (2)	Column (3)
Short title	Provision	Relevant amendments
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act[^f00036]
	Section 123(1)(d) and (e)	Local Government Finance Act 1992[^f00037], Schedule 9, paragraph 1(1)
	Section 130(2) and (4)	Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 3
	Section 131(10) Section 136A	State Pension Credit Act 2002[^f00038], Schedule 2, paragraph 3
	Section 137(1) and (2)(i) Section 175(3) and (4)	Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994[^f00039], sections 4(11), 7(4) and 12(3) Section 175 (3) and (4) is applied to the provisions of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 by section 19(1) of that Act
Social Security Administration Act 1992[^f00040]
	Section 5(1)(a), (d), (e), (i), (j) and (k)	Social Security Act 1998[^f00041], Schedule 7, paragraph 79(1)
	Section 6(1)(a), (d), (e), (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, paragraphs 15(2) and Schedule 14
	Section 128A	Jobseekers Act 1995[^f00042], section 28(2)
	Section 189(4) and (5)	Social Security Act 1998, Schedule 7, paragraph 109
Housing Act 1996[^f00043]	Section 122 (3),(5) and (6)
Social Security Act 1998	Section 34(1) and (2) Section 79(4), (6) and (7)[^f00044] Section 84
Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000[^f00045]	Schedule 7, paragraph 4(4) and (6) Schedule 7, paragraph 23(1)

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Malcolm Wicks — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department for Work and Pensions — 2003-05-21

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: See section 176(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

[^f00002]: See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2003/325.

[^f00004]: 2000 c. 19.

[^f00005]: S.I. 1992/1814.

[^f00006]: 1992 c. 5.

[^f00007]: S.I. 1987/1971.

[^f00008]: 2002 c. 16.

[^f00009]: See regulation 2(1) and (3A); paragraph (3A) was inserted by S.I. 1996/1510.

[^f00010]: See regulation 2(1) and (3A); paragraph (3A) was inserted by S.I. 1996/1510.

[^f00011]: Regulation 62B was inserted by S.I. 2003/325.

[^f00012]: Regulation 53B was inserted by S.I. 2003/325.

[^f00013]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1998/1971 and 2000/4.

[^f00014]: 2002 c. 16.

[^f00015]: Regulation 12A was inserted by S.I. 1990/546; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/317, 1995/1644 and 2868, 1996/965, 1999/2401 and 2734, 2000/4, 2001/1324, 1605 and 2333 and 2003/48.

[^f00016]: Regulation 62A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194 and amended by S.I. 2001/537.

[^f00017]: Regulation 53A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194 and amended by S.I. 1999/2556, 2001/537 and 1605.

[^f00018]: Paragraphs (9) to (11) were added by S.I. 2003/325; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/546, 1992/432, 1994/578, 1995/511, 1996/1510, 1999/2734, 2000/897, 2001/1605 and 2003/308.

[^f00019]: Regulation 29 was substituted, in relation to those who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit, by S.I 2003/325.

[^f00020]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1994/578, 1995/511, 1996/1510, 2001/1605 and 2003/308.

[^f00021]: Regulation 21 was substituted, in relation to those who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit, by S.I. 2003/325.

[^f00022]: Paragraph 14A was inserted by S.I. 1999/2556; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/235, 1996/1510, 1999/2556, 2001/537 and 1605.

[^f00023]: Paragraph 15A was inserted by S.I. 1999/2556; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/462 and 1510, 1999/2556, 2001/537 and 1605.

[^f00024]: Schedule 1A was inserted by S.I. 1990/546; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/235, 1992/432, 1993/317 and 1249, 1995/560 and 2868, 1996/965, 1997/852, 1998/563, 2001/487, 1324 and 1605 and 2002/2322.

[^f00025]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/416, 1990/546, 1996/1510, 2001/1605 and 2003/325.

[^f00026]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1510, 2001/1605 and 2003/325.

[^f00027]: Regulation 11(9) was amended by S.I. 2001/1605.

[^f00028]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/3108 and 2001/1605.

[^f00029]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/3108 and 2001/1605.

[^f00030]: S.I. 1995/1644. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/462 and 2432, 1998/563 and 2231 and 1999/2734.

[^f00031]: 2002 c. 16.

[^f00032]: S.I. 1997/852. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1997/1975 and 1998/2231.

[^f00033]: See regulation 2(1) and (3A); paragraph (3A) was inserted by S.I. 1996/1510.

[^f00034]: 2002 c. 16.

[^f00035]: 2001/1002. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/490 and S.I. 2003/1050.

[^f00036]: 1992 c. 4.

[^f00037]: 1992 c. 14.

[^f00038]: 2002 c. 16.

[^f00039]: 1994 c. 18.