Amendment of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit Regulations
11. In Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (capital to be disregarded) —
(a)in paragraph 45(1) the following words shall be added at the end —
“, including any amount of council tax benefit to which a person is entitled by virtue of regulation 4D of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (entitlement of a refugee to council tax benefit) but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date that such an amount is received pursuant to that regulation.”;
(b)after paragraph 49(2) the following paragraphs shall be added —
“50. Any amount of housing benefit to which a person is entitled by virtue of regulation 7B above (entitlement of a refugee to housing benefit) but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date that such an amount is received pursuant to that regulation.
51. Any amount of income support to which a person is entitled by virtue of regulation 21ZA of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (treatment of refugees) but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date that such an amount is received pursuant to that regulation.”.
Paragraph 45 was added by S.I. 1993/317.
Paragraph 49 was inserted by S.I. 1996/1510.