Date of claim where claim sent or delivered to a gateway office
65.—(1) Subject to paragraph (11) of regulation 64, and with the exception of those claims to which paragraph (3) of this regulation refers, where a claim for housing benefit has been sent or delivered to a gateway office in accordance with sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (5) of regulation 64, the date on which that claim is made shall be—
(a)in a case where the claimant or his partner—
(i)claimed income support or a jobseeker’s allowance; but
(ii)has no entitlement to income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance,
the first date on which notification is deemed to be given in accordance with paragraph (2), but if that notification is by any means other than a claim which meets the requirements of regulation 64(2) such a claim must be received at a gateway office within one month of that notification;
(b)in a case where neither the claimant nor his partner is a person on income support or entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, the first date on which notification is deemed to be made in accordance with paragraph (2), but if that notification is by any means other than a claim which meets the requirements of regulation 64(2) such a claim must be received at the gateway office within one month of that notification; or
(c)in any other case, the date on which the claim for housing benefit is received at the gateway office.
(2) A notification of intention to make a claim is deemed to be given on the date on which notification from the claimant of his intention to claim housing benefit in whatever form is received at a gateway office.
(3) This regulation does not apply to claims which are made at an office of a designated authority in accordance with regulation 64(5)(c).