The Child Benefit, Child Support and Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996

Amendment of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations

35.  In Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—

(a) in paragraph 47(1)(1) (disregard of maintenance in the calculation of income other than earnings), for the words “the family premium” there shall be substituted the words “a family premium”;

(b) after paragraph 58(2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“59.   Where regulation 35(4C) applies to a claimant and—

(a) he is in receipt of both child benefit and an increase in child benefit under regulation 2(2) of the Child Benefit and Social Security (Fixing and Adjustment of Rates) Regulations 1976(3) (increase in respect of the only, elder or eldest child of a single parent) in respect of the week up to and including 6th April 1997; and

(b) child benefit is payable to him from 7th April 1997 at the rates specified in regulation 2(1)(a)(ii)(4) (weekly rate for only, elder or eldest child of a lone parent) and, as the case may be, (b) of those Regulations (weekly rate for other children) as payable from that date,

any child benefit and increase in child benefit specified in sub-paragraph (a) to the extent that it is payable in respect of the period between 1st April 1997 and 6th April 1997.”.

(1)

Paragraph 47 is added by S.I. 1991/2695.

(2)

Paragraph 58 is substituted by S.I. 1996/462.

(3)

S.I. 1976/1267; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1980/110 and 1993/965.

(4)

The relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1996/1803.