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4.—(1) The Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.
(2) The existing regulation 74A (notice of changes of circumstances given electronically)(2) is re-numbered regulation 74A(1).
(3) After that provision (as re-numbered), insert—
“(2) Where—
(a)the change of circumstances required to be notified is a death; and
(b)the authority administering the claimant’s council tax benefit agrees with the Secretary of State that notifications may be made in accordance with regulation 74ZA(1) (alternative means of notifying changes of circumstances),
a person may give notice of the change to the Secretary of State by means of an electronic communication in accordance with the provisions set out in Schedule 9ZC to the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (electronic communication).
(3) The provisions set out in that Schedule shall apply for the purposes of paragraph (2) as they apply for the purposes of regulation 32ZA of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 (information given electronically).
(4) The Secretary of State must forward information received in accordance with paragraph (2) to the authority administering the claimant’s council tax benefit.”.
Regulation 74A was inserted by S.I. 2006/2968.
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