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

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• (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

Amendment of regulation 5 of the Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988

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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 the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2003

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

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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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Amendment of the Social Security (Back to Work Bonus and Lone Parent Run-on) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2003

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PART 5 — Local Housing Allowance

Amendment of the Housing Benefit (General) (Local Housing Allowance) Amendment Regulations 2003 and the Housing Benefit Regulations

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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 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)

Signed

2004-01-07

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]: 2000 c. 19.

[^f00004]: S.I. 1992/1814.

[^f00006]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2003/1338.

[^f00007]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2003/1338.

[^f00008]: 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, 1338 and 2399.

[^f00009]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/546, 1991/1599 and 1994/1924.

[^f00010]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1994/1924.

[^f00011]: Regulation 21A was inserted by S.I. 1994/1924.

[^f00012]: Regulation 13A was inserted by S.I. 2001/1924.

[^f00013]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2001/1603.

[^f00014]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2001/1603.

[^f00015]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I.1993/2118.

[^f00016]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I.1993/2118.

[^f00017]: Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1989/416.

[^f00018]: Regulation 62A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/2556, 2001/537 and 1605 and 2003/1338.

[^f00019]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I.1994/578 and 1996/194.

[^f00021]: S.I.1987/1967. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/2556, 2001/488 and 2003/1589.

[^f00022]: Regulations 53A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/2556, 2001/537 and 1605 and 2003/1338.

[^f00023]: Paragraph (6) of regulation 51 was inserted by S.I.1996/194.

[^f00024]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1971, 1989/1322, 1996/1510, 2000/4 and 2001/1605. Regulation 66 was disapplied, in relation to those who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit, by S.I. 2003/325.

[^f00025]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/546, 1995/560, 1996/1510 and 2001/1605. Regulation 67 was disapplied, in relation to those who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit, by S.I. 2003/325.

[^f00026]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1510 and 2001/1605. Regulation 57 was disapplied, in relation to those who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit, by S.I. 2003/325.

[^f00027]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/560 and 1996/1510. Regulation 58 was disapplied, in relation to those who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit, by S.I. 2003/325.

[^f00028]: 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, 325, 1338 and 2275.

[^f00029]: Regulation 65(1) was amended by S.I.1990/671.

[^f00030]: 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.

[^f00031]: 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.

[^f00032]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I.1996/194, 1999/2556, 2001/537 and 1605 and 2003/1338.

[^f00033]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/194 and 1510, 2001/537 and 1605 and 2003/1338.

[^f00034]: Regulation 104(2) was amended by S.I. 2003/1338.

[^f00035]: Regulation 90(2) was amended by S.I. 2003/1338.

[^f00036]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/2556 and 2001/537.

[^f00037]: 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, 2002/2322 and 2003/1338.

[^f00038]: Paragraph 8A was inserted by S.I. 2000/2239.

[^f00039]: Paragraph 8A was inserted by S.I. 2000/2239.

[^f00040]: Sub-paragraph (2) was inserted by S.I.2002/2380.

[^f00041]: Sub-paragraph (2) was inserted by S.I. 2002/2380.

[^f00042]: Schedule 5A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1510, 1999/2556, 2000/724, 2001/537 and 1605 and 2002/1397.

[^f00043]: Schedule 5A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1510, 1999/2556, 2000/724, 2001/537 and 1605.

[^f00044]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/416, 1990/546, 1996/1510, 2001/1605 and 2003/325 and 1338.

[^f00045]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/416, 1990/546, 1996/1510, 2001/1605 and 2003/325 and 1338.

[^f00046]: Regulation 11(9) was amended by S.I. 2001/1605.

[^f00047]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/3108 and 2001/1605.

[^f00048]: Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/3108 and 2001/1605.

[^f00049]: S.I. 1998/662. Regulation 5 was added by S.I. 1996/194; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/2556 and 2001/537.

[^f00050]: S.I. 1995/1644. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/462 and 2432, 1998/563 and 2231, 1999/2734 and 2003/1338.

[^f00051]: S.I. 1997/852. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1997/1975, 1998/2231 and 2003/1338.

[^f00052]: S.I. 2003/325.

[^f00053]: S.I. 2003/1338.

[^f00054]: S.I. 2001/1002, the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2003/1338.

[^f00055]: S.I. 2001/1002, the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2003/1338.

[^f00056]: S.I. 2003/1589.

[^f00057]: S.I. 2003/2399.

[^f00058]: 1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

[^f00059]: 1992 c. 14.

[^f00060]: 1994 c. 39.

[^f00061]: 2000 c. 22.

[^f00062]: 2002 c. 16.

[^f00063]: 1994 c. 18.

[^f00064]: 1999 c. 2.

[^f00065]: 1992 c. 5; section 191 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”.

[^f00066]: 1998 c. 14; section 84 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”.

[^f00067]: 1995 c. 18.

[^f00068]: 1996 c. 52.

[^f00069]: 2000 c. 19; paragraph 23(1) of Schedule 7 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

Editorial notes

[^c522748]: See section 176(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

[^c522749]: See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

[^c522750]: 2000 c. 19.

[^c522751]: S.I. 1992/1814.

[^c522805]: 1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

[^c522806]: 1992 c. 14.

[^c522807]: 1994 c. 39.

[^c522808]: 2000 c. 22.

[^c522809]: 2002 c. 16.

[^c522810]: 1994 c. 18.

[^c522811]: 1999 c. 2.

[^c522812]: 1992 c. 5; section 191 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”.

[^c522813]: 1998 c. 14; section 84 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”.

[^c522814]: 1995 c. 18.

[^c522815]: 1996 c. 52.

[^c522816]: 2000 c. 19; paragraph 23(1) of Schedule 7 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”.

[^key-0c5d17aeeb8de6cdb05981ae99851413]: Regs. 2-33 revoked (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

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