Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations4.

F1In the Council Tax Benefit Regulations–

(a)

in regulation 53A M1 (extended payments)—

(i)

in paragraph (1) omit “other than a case to which paragraph (1A) applies”;

(ii)

omit paragraph (1A);

(iii)

in paragraph (1B) omit “or (1A)”;

(iv)

omit paragraph (5)(a)(i) and in paragraph (5)(a)(ii) omit “(ii) in any other case–” and renumber sub-head (aa) as head (i) and sub-head (bb) as head (ii);

(b)

in paragraph (15)(c) of regulation 62 (time and manner in which claims are to be made) M2 omit “has certified the matters specified in regulation 53A(1A)(b) to the relevant authority or”;

(c)

in regulation 66 M3 (who is to make a decision)—

(i)

in paragraph (4) omit “and subject to paragraph (5)”; and

(ii)

omit paragraph (5);

(d)

in regulation 95(3) M4 (information to be supplied by an authority to another authority) omit sub-paragraph (aa);

(e)

in Schedule 5A(extended payments of council tax benefit) M5 —

(i)

paragraph 8(1) shall be renumbered paragraph 8 and in that renumbered paragraph–

(aa)

in the definition of “claimant” omit “, subject to sub-paragraph (2),”;

(bb)

in the definition of “the relevant benefit period” omit “or as the case may be, (1A)(a)”; and

(ii)

omit paragraph 8(2).