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

Council Tax Benefit Regulations E+W+S

12.—(1) The Council Tax Benefit Regulations shall have effect, except where paragraph (2) applies, in relation to any person who has attained the qualifying age for state pension credit subject to the modifications set out in this Part, Part 4 and Schedule 2.

(2) This paragraph applies if the claimant or, if the claimant has a partner, his partner, is a person on income support or on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance within the meaning of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations(1).

(3) In this Part, references to regulations and Schedules are, unless the context otherwise requires, references to regulations of and Schedules to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations.

(4) Reference in any provision which has effect in accordance with this Part to a provision of the Housing Benefit Regulations is to the provision in those Regulations as modified by Part 2 of these Regulations.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 12 in force at 6.10.2003, see reg. 1(1)(b)

(1)

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