The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1996

Amendment of regulation 12A of the principal Regulations

5.  After paragraph (1A)(1) of regulation 12A of the principal Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officers)(2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(1B) When applying to the rent officer pursuant to paragraph (1), the appropriate authority shall state whether, in their opinion, the claimant is or may be a young individual..

(1)

Paragraph (1A) was inserted by S.I. 1995/2868.

(2)

Regulation 12A was added by S.I. 1990/546 and amended by S.I. 1993/317, 1995/560, 1644 and 2868.