PART 11Excess benefit

Meaning of excess benefit82.

In this Part “excess benefit” means any amount which has been allowed by way of council tax benefit and to which there was no entitlement under these Regulations (whether on the initial decision as subsequently revised or further revised) and includes any excess which arises by reason of—

(a)

a reduction in the amount a person is liable to pay in respect of council tax in consequence of—

(i)

regulations made under section 13149 of the 1992 Act (reduction in the amount of a person’s council tax); or

(ii)

any discount to which that tax is subject by virtue of section 11 or 79 of that Act150;

(b)

a substitution under sections 31151 or, in Scotland, section 94 of the 1992 Act152 (substituted amounts) of a lesser amount for an amount of council tax previously set by the relevant authority under section 30153 or, in Scotland section 93154 of that Act (amount set for council tax).