The Social Security (Child Benefit Disregard) Regulations 2008

Citation, commencement and effect

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Child Benefit Disregard) Regulations 2008.

(2) They come into force on 5th January 2009.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), regulations 2 to 5 cease to have effect and are revoked on 6th April 2009; and on and after that date the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(1), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1995(2), the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006(3) and the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006(4) shall have effect as if regulations 2 to 5 had not been made.

(4) Regulation 4 ceases to have effect and is revoked on 1st April 2009 in relation to a claimant whose eligible rent falls to be calculated in accordance with regulation 80(2)(b) or (c)(5) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006; and on and after that date the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 shall have effect in relation to such a claimant as if regulation 4 had not been made.

(5) In paragraph (4), the reference to regulation 80 means regulation 80 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 as in force immediately before 1st April 2008 and as substituted by regulation 16 of the Housing Benefit (Local Housing Allowance and Information Sharing) Amendment Regulations 2007(6).

(1)

S.I. 1987/1967.

(2)

S.I. 1996/207.

(3)

S.I. 2006/213.

(4)

S.I. 2006/215.

(5)

Regulation 80 was substituted by S.I. 2007/2868.

(6)

S.I. 2007/2868.