The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) and Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Amendment Order 2021

11.—(1) Article 18 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “relevant benefit” substitute “housing benefit”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b)—

(i) in the opening words, for “relevant benefit” substitute “housing benefit”;

(ii) in head (i), omit “where the overpayment is overpayment of housing benefit”;

(iii) omit head (ii);

(iv) in head (iii), for “heads (i) or (ii) above apply” substitute “head (i) above applies”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (e), for “relevant benefit” substitute “housing benefit”.

(3) In paragraph (4A), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) is caused by the claimant, or a person acting on the claimant’s behalf under regulation 82 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (who may claim housing benefit), failing to provide information in accordance with regulation 83, 86 or 88 of, or paragraph 5 of Schedule A1 to, those Regulations (duties on claimant to provide information); and”.

(4) In paragraph (5)(b), for “relevant benefit” substitute “housing benefit”.

(5) In paragraph (6ZA)(b), omit “or, in the case of council tax benefit, is allowed”.

(6) In paragraph (6A), omit “and council tax benefit”.

(7) In paragraph (7), for the words from “—” to the end substitute “a rebate being awarded and entitlement to that rebate being reduced or eliminated because, subsequent to that award, the liability in respect of which the rebate was awarded was reduced or eliminated”.

(8) In paragraph (8)—

(a) for “relevant benefit” substitute “housing benefit”;

(b) for the words from “, paragraph (13)” to the end substitute “applies”.