The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2007

Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006

6.—(1) The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 42(2)(d) (notional income) substitute—

“(d) any sum to which paragraph 45(2)(a) of Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded) applies which is administered in the way referred to in paragraph 45(1)(a);

(da) any sum to which paragraph 46(a) of Schedule 6 refers;”.

(3) For regulation 49(2)(e) (notional capital) substitute—

“(e) any sum to which paragraph 45(2)(a) of Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded) applies which is administered in the way referred to in paragraph 45(1)(a); or

(ea) any sum to which paragraph 46(a) of Schedule 6 refers; or”.

(4) For regulation 87 (amendment and withdrawal of claim)(2) substitute—

“Amendment and withdrawal of claim

87.— (1) A person who has made a claim may amend it at any time before a decision has been made on it, by a notice in writing delivered or sent to the designated office, except where the claim was made by telephone in accordance with regulation 83(4A) where the amendment may be made by telephone, and any claim so amended shall be treated as if it had been amended in the first instance.

(2) A person who has made a claim may withdraw it at any time before a decision has been made on it, by notice to the designated office, and any such notice of withdrawal shall have effect when it is received.”.

(5) In Schedule 1 (ineligible service charges) for paragraph 1(a)(iii) substitute—

“(iii) leisure items such as either sports facilities (except a children’s play area), or television rental, licence and subscription fees (except radio relay charges and charges made in respect of the conveyance and installation and maintenance of equipment for the conveyance of a television broadcasting service);”.

(6) In paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 3 (severe disability premium), for “the date on which the award is made” substitute “the date on which the award is first paid”.

(1)

S.I. 2006/213.

(2)

Regulation 87 was amended and paragraph (4A) was inserted into regulation 83 by S.I. 2006/2967.