Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006

8.—(1) The Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 32(2)(d) (notional income) substitute—

(d)any sum to which paragraph 47(2)(a) of Schedule 5 (capital to be disregarded) applies which is administered in the way referred to in paragraph 47(1)(a);

(da)any sum to which paragraph 48(a) of Schedule 5 refers;.

(3) For regulation 39(2)(e) (notional capital) substitute—

(e)any sum to which paragraph 47(2)(a) of Schedule 5 (capital to be disregarded) applies which is administered in the way referred to in paragraph 47(1)(a); or

(ea)any sum to which paragraph 48(a) of Schedule 5 refers; or.

(4) For regulation 73 (amendment and withdrawal of claim)(2) substitute—

Amendment and withdrawal of claim

73.(1) A person who has made a claim may amend it at any time before a decision has been made on it, by a notice in writing delivered or sent to the designated office, except where the claim was made by telephone in accordance with regulation 69(4A) where the amendment may be made by telephone, and any claim so amended shall be treated as if it had been amended in the first instance.

(2) A person who has made a claim may withdraw it at any time before a decision has been made on it, by notice to the designated office, and any such notice of withdrawal shall have effect when it is received..

(5) In paragraph 14(6) of Schedule 1 for (severe disability premium), “the date on which the award is made” substitute “the date on which the award is first paid”.

(2)

Regulation 73 was amended and paragraph (4A) was inserted into regulation 69 by S.I. 2006/2967.