The Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

21.—(1) Subject to paragraph 22 any amount paid—

(a) by way of arrears of benefit;

(b) by way of compensation for the late payment of benefit;

(c) in lieu of the payment of benefit;

(d) to rectify, or compensate for, an official error, as defined for the purposes of paragraph 22, being an amount to which that paragraph does not apply;

(e) by a local authority out of funds provided under either section 93 of the Local Government Act 2000 M1 under a scheme known as “Supporting People” or section 91 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 M2 .

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), “benefit” means—

(a) attendance allowance under section 64 of the Act;

(b) disability living allowance;

(c) income support;

(d) income-based jobseeker's allowance;

(e) state pension credit;

(f) housing benefit;

(g) council tax benefit;

(h) child tax credit;

(i) an increase of a disablement pension under section 104 of the Act (increase where constant attendance is needed), and any further increase of such a pension under section 105 of the Act (increase for exceptionally severe disablement);

(j) any amount included on account of the claimant's exceptionally severe disablement or need for constant attendance in a war disablement pension or a war widow's or widower's pension.

[F1 (k) any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001; or

(l) working tax credit.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 para. 21(2)(k)(l) inserted by SI 2005/2502 reg. 3(14) (as amended) (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 27(30) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)

Marginal Citations

M1 2000 c. 22.

M2 2001 asp 10.