The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.6) Regulations 2008

Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

9.—(1) The Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), omit the following definitions—

(a) “the Independent Living Fund”;

(b) “the Independent Living Funds”(2);

(c) “the Independent Living (Extension) Fund”;

(d) “the Independent Living (1993) Fund”.

(3) In regulation 8(4)(a)(ii) (prescribed persons for the purposes of 131(3)(b) of the Act) for “section 9 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000” substitute “section 13 of the Offender Management Act 2007”.

(4) In regulation 42 (non-dependant deductions)—

(a) in paragraph (7)(b) for “a Youth Training Scheme” substitute “youth training”;

(b) in paragraph (9)(b) for “Funds” substitute “Fund (2006)”.

(5) In—

(a) regulation 57(4)(b) and (c) (evidence and information),

(b) paragraph 16(1)(b) of Schedule 4 (capital disregards),

(c) paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 6 (amount of alternative maximum council tax),

for “Funds” substitute “Fund (2006)”.

(6) In regulation 59(5) (duty to notify changes of circumstances), after “in receipt of” insert “state pension credit,”.

(1)

S.I. 2006/216.

(2)

Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2007/2538.