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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7N.I.HOUSING BENEFIT: REVISIONS AND APPEALS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Suspension for failure to furnish information, etc.N.I.

14.—(1) The powers conferred by this paragraph are exercisable in relation to persons who fail to comply with information requirements.N.I.

(2) Regulations may provide for—

(a)suspending, in whole or in part, any payments of housing benefit;

(b)the subsequent making, or restoring, in prescribed circumstances of any or all of the payments so suspended.

(3) In this paragraph and paragraph 15 information requirement means a requirement in pursuance of regulations made by virtue of section 5(1)(hh) of the Administration Act to furnish information or evidence needed for a determination whether a decision on an award of that benefit should be revised under paragraph 3 or superseded under paragraph 4.