http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/14/schedule/9

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Local Government Finance Act 1992

An Act to provide for certain local authorities to levy and collect a new tax, to be called council tax; to abolish community charges; to make further provision with respect to local government finance (including provision with respect to certain grants by local authorities); and for connected purposes.

1992-03-06

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Local Government Finance Act 1992

s. 6(2)(ea)

Local Government Finance Act 2012

s. 13(1)

s. 13(2)

Local Government Finance Act 1992

Act

The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations 2010

reg. 16

Sch. 2

reg. 1(2)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9 Social Security: Council Tax Benefit

Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

20

1

In subsection (1) of section 139 of that Act (arrangements for community charge benefits), for the words “Any community charge benefit" there shall be substituted the words “ Council tax benefit ” and for the words “community charge benefit scheme" there shall be substituted the words “ council tax benefit scheme ”.

2

For subsections (2) and (3) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsection—

2
For the purposes of this section the appropriate authority is the billing authority or levying authority which levied the council tax as regards which a person is entitled to the benefit.

3

In subsection (4) of that section, for the words “Charging authorities" there shall be substituted the words “ Billing authorities ” and for the words “community charge benefits" there shall be substituted the words “ council tax benefit ”.

4

In subsection (5) of that section, for the words “community charge benefits" there shall be substituted the words “ council tax benefit ”.

5

In subsection (6) of that section, for the words “charging authority" there shall be substituted the words “ billing authority ” and for the words “community charge benefit scheme" there shall be substituted the words “ council tax benefit scheme ”.

6

In subsection (7) of that section, for the word “benefits", in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ benefit ”.

7

In subsection (9) of that section—

a

for the words “community charge benefit scheme" there shall be substituted the words “ council tax benefit scheme ”;

b

for the words “community charge benefits" there shall be substituted the words “ council tax benefit ”; and

c

for the word “benefits", in the second and third places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ benefit ”.

8

In subsection (10) of that section, for the word “benefits" there shall be substituted the word “ benefit ”.