Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992E+W+S
12.—(1) The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 M1 as modified in their application to persons to whom regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2003 applies shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “gateway office”, insert—
““the Graduated Retirement Benefit Regulations” means the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) Regulations 2005 M2;”.
(3) In regulation 28 (notional income)—
(a)at the beginning of paragraph (6) insert “ Subject to paragraph (6A), ”;
(b)after paragraph (6) insert—
“(6A) Paragraph (6) shall not apply in respect of the amount of an increase of pension or benefit where a person, having made an election in favour of that increase of pension or benefit under Schedule 5 or 5A to the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M3 or under Schedule 1 to the Graduated Retirement Benefit Regulations, changes that election in accordance with regulations made under Schedule 5 or 5A to that Act in favour of a lump sum.
(6B) In paragraph (6A), “lump sum” means a lump sum under Schedule 5 or 5A to the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or under Schedule 1 to the Graduated Retirement Benefit Regulations.”.
(4) In Schedule 5ZA, in Part I (capital to be disregarded), after paragraph 25A insert—
“25B. Where a person elects to be entitled to a lump sum under Schedule 5 or 5A to the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or under Schedule 1 to the Graduated Retirement Benefit Regulations, or is treated as having made such an election, and a payment has been made pursuant to that election, an amount equal to—
(a)except where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the amount of any payment or payments made on account of that lump sum;
(b)the amount of that lump sum,
but only for so long as that person does not change that election in favour of an increase of pension or benefit.”.
Marginal Citations
M1S.I.1992/1814. The relevant amending instruments are S.I.1999/1539, 2003/325 and 2004/2327.
M3Schedule 5A is inserted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 11 to the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35).