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The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2014

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

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

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)in paragraph (1) omit the definition of “service user group”;

(b)after paragraph (5) insert—

(6) References in these Regulations to a claimant participating as a service user are to—

(a)a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—

(i)a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing; or

(ii)a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,

in their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services; or

(b)the carer of a person consulted under sub-paragraph (a)..

(3) In regulation 35(2)(f) (earnings of employed earners), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(4) In regulation 41(8C) (notional income), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(5) In regulation 42(3) (income paid to third parties), for “claimant’s participation in a service user group” substitute “claimant participating as a service user”.

(1)

S.I. 2006/214. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2005/2677 and 2009/2655.

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