Amendment of Schedule 9 to the Claims and Payments Regulations16.
(1)
Schedule 9 to the Claims and Payments Regulations (deductions from benefit and direct payment to third parties) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2)
In paragraph 6(1) (fuel costs) after the words “any item of mains gas or mains electricity” there shall be inserted the words “including any charges for reconnection of gas or electricity”.
(3)
In paragraph 8(2) (maximum amount of payments to third parties)—
(a)
after the word “maximum” there shall be inserted the word “aggregate”; and
(b)
for the words “sub-paragraphs 5(5) and 6(6)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs 5(5), 6(6) and 7”.