The Community Charge Benefits (General) Amendment Regulations 1990

Amendment of regulation 80 of the General Regulations

23.  In regulation 80 of the General Regulations (withholding of benefit) —

(a) in paragraph (3) for the words from “allowed or paid” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the following paragraphs —

“(a) allowed to the person concerned by reducing, so far as possible, the next and any subsequent payments he is liable to make in respect of the personal community charge of the authority concerned as it has effect for the relevant chargeable financial year, until the benefit withheld is made good, or

(b) where this is not possible or the person concerned so requests, paid to that person within 14 days of the determination of that question or, if this is not reasonably practicable, as soon as possible afterwards, except to the extent that there was no entitlement to that benefit or recoverable excess benefits remain due from the person from whom the benefit was withheld”.

(b) in paragraph (4) for the words “the authority may allow” there shall be substituted the words “the authority, with the consent of the person from whom the benefit was withheld, may allow,”.