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8.—(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 42 (notional income)—
(a)in paragraph (2)(c) for “or retirement annuity contract” substitute “, retirement annuity contract or a payment made by the Board of the Pension Protection Fund”;
(b)in paragraph (6)(a) for “or is a pension or other periodical payment made under a personal pension scheme” substitute “, a pension or other periodical payment made under a personal pension scheme or a payment made by the Board of the Pension Protection Fund”;
(c)in paragraph (7)(d) for “or in respect of a pension or other periodical payment made under a personal pension scheme” substitute “, in respect of a pension or other periodical payment made under a personal pension scheme or a payment made by the Board of the Pension Protection Fund”;
(d)in paragraph (8)(a) after “regulation 80(2)(b)” insert “or (c)”.
(3) In regulation 49 (notional capital)—
(a)in paragraph (2)(d) for “or retirement annuity contract” substitute “, retirement annuity contract or a payment made by the Board of the Pension Protection Fund”;
(b)in paragraph (3)(a) for “or is a pension or other periodical payment made under a personal pension scheme” substitute “, a pension or other periodical payment made under a personal pension scheme or a payment made by the Board of the Pension Protection Fund”;
(c)in paragraph (4)(c) for “or in respect of a pension or other periodical payment made under a personal pension scheme” substitute “, in respect of a pension or other periodical payment made under a personal pension scheme or a payment made by the Board of the Pension Protection Fund”.
(4) In regulation 76 (date on which entitlement is to commence)—
(a)in paragraph (1) for the words “paragraph (2)” substitute “paragraphs (2) and (3)”; and
(b)after paragraph (2) insert—
“(3) A claimant shall become entitled to housing benefit from the benefit week in which the first day in respect of which his claim is made falls, where—
(a)he is otherwise entitled to housing benefit;
(b)paragraph (2) does not apply to him; and
(c)he becomes liable in that benefit week to make payments, which fall due on a daily basis, in respect of a hostel which he occupies as his home.”.
S.I. 2006/213.
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