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19.—(1) The Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1)(2) (interpretation)—
(a)for the definition of “appropriate DHSS office” there is substituted—
““appropriate DWP office” means an office of the Department for Work and Pensions which is normally open to the public for the receipt of claims for income support or a jobseeker’s allowance;”, and
(c)in the definition of “gateway office” for “appropriate DSS office” there is substituted “appropriate DWP office”.
(3) In subsequent provisions, for “appropriate DHSS office” or “appropriate DSS office”, wherever occurring, there is substituted “appropriate DWP office”.
(4) In regulation 99(3)(3) (recoverable overpayments)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (c), for paragraphs (i) to (iii) there is substituted—
“(i)the Department for Work and Pensions; or
(ii)the Commissioners of Inland Revenue,”, and
(b)in sub-paragraph (d), for “either Department” there is substituted “the Department”.
Relevant amending instruments (see also the next footnote below) are the Income-Related Benefits (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/671, the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/235), the Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefits (Miscellaneous) Amendment Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1599), the Housing Benefit, Supply of Information and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/194), the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1539) and the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Extended Payments) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/537).
The definition of “appropriate DHSS office” in regulation 2(1) was amended by the Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit and Supply of Information (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1510) reg. 2(2).
Regulation 99(3) was substituted by the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals and Discretionary Financial Assistance) (Consequential Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1605) reg. 9(2).
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