SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7HOUSING BENEFIT: REVISIONS AND APPEALS

Suspension for failure to furnish information, etc.

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1

The powers conferred by this paragraph are exercisable in relation to persons who fail to comply with information requirements.

2

Regulations may provide for—

a

suspending, in whole or in part, any payments of housing benefit;

b

the subsequent making, or restoring, in prescribed circumstances of any or all of the payments so suspended.

3

In this paragraph and paragraph 15 “information requirement” means a requirement in pursuance of regulations made by virtue of section 5(1)(hh) of the Administration Act to furnish information or evidence needed for a determination whether a decision on an award of that benefit should be revised under paragraph 3 or superseded under paragraph 4.