PART 4Amendment of Other Provisions

Amendment of regulation 5 of the Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988

29.  In regulation 5(1) of the Housing Benefit (Supply of Information) Regulations 1988 (information to be supplied by an authority to another authority)—

(a)In paragraph (3)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (a)(i) for the words “Part I” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 2”;

(ii)in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) for the words “the requirements specified at paragraph 3(3)” there shall be substituted the words “the matters notified pursuant to regulation 62A and paragraph 3”;

(iii)subject to head (v), in sub-paragraph (aa) for the words “regulation 62A(1A)(b) of” there shall be substituted “paragraph 3A of Schedule 5A to”;

(iv)for sub-paragraph (b)(iv) there shall be substituted—

the date on which his entitlement to housing benefit ceased; and

(v)sub-paragraph (aa) shall be omitted with effect from 25th October 2004; and

(b)in paragraph (4) the words “the relevant benefit period” shall be omitted.

(1)

S.I. 1998/662. Regulation 5 was added by S.I. 1996/194; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/2556 and 2001/537.