SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7 Housing benefit and council tax benefit: revisions and appeals
Interpretation
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In this Schedule—
“the Administration Act” means the M1Social Security Administration Act 1992;
“affected” shall be construed subject to any regulations under sub-paragraph (2);
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“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under this Schedule;
“relevant authority” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(1);
“relevant decision” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(2).
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Regulations may make provision specifying the circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated for the purposes of this Schedule as a person who is affected by any decision of a relevant authority.
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For the purposes of this Schedule any decision that is made or falls to be made—
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by a person authorised to carry out any function of a relevant authority relating to housing benefit or council tax benefit, or
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by a person providing services relating to housing benefit or council tax benefit directly or indirectly to a relevant authority,
shall be treated as a decision of the relevant authority on whose behalf the function is carried out or, as the case may be, to whom those services are provided.