9.—(1) Where a person on state pension credit is awarded council tax benefit, the decision notice shall include a statement as to—
(a)the normal weekly amount of council tax which may be rounded to the nearest penny;
(b)the normal weekly amount of the council tax benefit, which amount may be rounded to the nearest penny;
(c)the amount of and the category of non-dependant deductions made under regulation 42, if any;
(d)the first day of entitlement to the council tax benefit; and
(e)his duty to notify any change of circumstances which might affect his entitlement to, or the amount of council tax benefit and, without prejudice to the extent of the duty owed under regulation 59 (duty to notify changes of circumstances), the kind of change of circumstances which is to be notified, either upon the notice or by reference to some other document available to him on application without charge,
and in any case where the amount to which sub-paragraph (a) or (b) refers disregards fractions of a penny, the notice shall include a statement to that effect.
(2) In a case where a person on state pension credit has entitlement only to the savings credit, the following additional matters shall also be set out—
(a)the applicable amount and the basis of calculation;
(b)the amount of the savings credit F1... taken into account;
(c)the amount of the person's income and capital as notified to the local authority by the Secretary of State and taken into account for the purposes of the council tax benefit assessment;
(d)any modification of the claimant's income or capital made in accordance with regulation 17 (calculation of claimant's income in savings credit only cases); and
(e)the amount of the claimant's capital if paragraph (7) of regulation 17 applies in his case.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 7 para. 9(2)(b) omitted by SI 2005/2502 reg. 3(15) (as amended) (6.3.2006) by virtue of The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 27(31) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)