Amendment of regulation 66 of the Housing Benefit Regulations
8. In regulation 66 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (benefit period)–
(a)in paragraph (3) for the words “or (4)” there shall be substituted the words “(4) or (5)”;
(b)at the end there shall be added the following paragraph–
“(5) Where the appropriate authority has obtained a determination by the rent officer following notification by a claimant of a change of circumstances specified in sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1A (excluded tenancies), that authority shall extend that claimant’s current benefit period by a further period of not more than 60 benefit weeks.”.