SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Consequential amendments and revocations

PART 1Instruments amended

The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 200694

1

The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 M1 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “service user group”, after paragraph (f) insert—

fa

the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in consequence of a function under Part 8 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012,

fb

a clinical commissioning group in consequence of a function under section 14Z2 of the National Health Service Act 2006,

fc

the National Health Service Commissioning Board in consequence of a function under section 13Q of the National Health Service Act 2006,

3

In regulation 38(2)(d) (earnings of self-employed earners)—

a

after paragraph (iv) insert—

iva

a clinical commissioning group established under section 14D of the National Health Service Act 2006;

ivb

the National Health Service Commissioning Board; or

b

omit paragraph (v) (together with the “or” following it).