The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006

Amendment of the Social Security (Change of Circumstances) Regulations 2001

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

19.  Regulation 4 (change affecting housing benefit or council tax benefit) of the Social Security (Change of Circumstances) Regulations 2001(1) shall be amended as follows—

(a)in paragraph (1)(b), for “regulation 75 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 or regulation 65 of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (duty to notify changes for claims and payments purposes)”, substitute “regulation 88 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, regulation 69 of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006, regulation 74 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 or regulation 59 of the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006”; and

(b)in paragraph (3), for “Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 and the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992” substitute, “Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006, Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006, and Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006”.