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4.—(1) The Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a)in the definition of “concessionary payment”, for “or the Social Security Act 1975” substitute “are charged”.
(b)omit the definition of “the former regulations”;
(c)for the definition of “sandwich course”, substitute—
““sandwich course” has the meaning prescribed in regulation 2(9) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2008, regulation 4(2) of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2007 or regulation 2(8) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007, as the case may be;”.
(3) In regulation 7(8)(c)(ii) (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home) for “Part 3”, substitute “Part 8”.
(4) In regulation 22(5)(1) (applicable amounts) for “Schedule 2A”, substitute “Schedule 3”.
(5) In regulation 31(11)(f) (treatment of child care charges), for “sub-paragraph (c) or (d)”, substitute “sub-paragraph (d) or (e)”.
(6) In regulation 67(4)(a)(ii) (evidence and information) for “London Bombings Charitable Relief Fund”, substitute “London Bombings Relief Charitable Fund”.
(7) In regulation 83(4) (method of recovery) for “paragraphs 3 to 8”, substitute “paragraphs 2 to 5 and 7”.
(8) In Schedule 5 (amounts to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—
(a)for paragraph 1(b), substitute “a war widow’s pension or any corresponding pension payable to a widower or surviving civil partner;”;
(b)in paragraph 12(4) for “ordinary clothing and footwear”, substitute “ordinary clothing or footwear”.
(9) In paragraph 22(2)(c) of Schedule 6 (capital to be disregarded generally) for “Schedule 5”, substitute “Schedule 6”.
(10) In paragraph 9(1)(e) of Schedule 8 (matters to be included in decision notice) for “rate rebate”, substitute “rent rebate”.
A relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2005/2502 (as amended by S.I. 2006/217).
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