9.—(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 M1 are amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2) In regulation 7 (circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home), in paragraph (18), in the definition of “prescribed area”, omit “(other than the United Kingdom)”.
(3) In regulation 86 (recovery of overpayments from prescribed benefits), in paragraph (1)(c), omit “other than the United Kingdom”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. para. 9 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 2006/214, amended by S.I. 2005/2904 (as amended by S.I. 2006/217) and 2016/624; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.