20[F1(1)In subsection (1) of section 139 of that Act (arrangements for community charge benefits), for the words “Any community charge benefit" there shall be substituted the words “ Council tax benefit ” and for the words “community charge benefit scheme" there shall be substituted the words “ council tax benefit scheme ”.E+W+S
(2)For subsections (2) and (3) of that section there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(2)For the purposes of this section the appropriate authority is the billing authority or levying authority which levied the council tax as regards which a person is entitled to the benefit.”
(3)In subsection (4) of that section, for the words “Charging authorities" there shall be substituted the words “ Billing authorities ” and for the words “community charge benefits" there shall be substituted the words “ council tax benefit ”.
(4)In subsection (5) of that section, for the words “community charge benefits" there shall be substituted the words “ council tax benefit ”.
(5)In subsection (6) of that section, for the words “charging authority" there shall be substituted the words “ billing authority ” and for the words “community charge benefit scheme" there shall be substituted the words “ council tax benefit scheme ”.
(6)In subsection (7) of that section, for the word “benefits", in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ benefit ”.
(7)In subsection (9) of that section—
(a)for the words “community charge benefit scheme" there shall be substituted the words “ council tax benefit scheme ”;
(b)for the words “community charge benefits" there shall be substituted the words “ council tax benefit ”; and
(c)for the word “benefits", in the second and third places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “ benefit ”.
(8)In subsection (10) of that section, for the word “benefits" there shall be substituted the word “ benefit ”.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 9 paras. 19-24 repealed (1.4.2013 for specified purposes) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(3), Sch. 14 Pt. 1; S.I. 2013/358, art. 8(c), Sch. 4 (with arts. 9, 10, Sch. 5)