PART 15Decisions, Revisions and Appeals

Modification of the 2000 Act41

Schedule 7 to the 2000 Act shall apply for the purposes of these Regulations as it applies for the purposes of the Housing Benefit Regulations with the following modifications—

a

as if for “housing benefit”, wherever it occurs, there were substituted “rate relief”;

b

as if for “benefit”, wherever it occurs except in paragraphs 13(4)(b), 16(7)(b) and 17(7)(b)(ii), there were substituted “rate relief”;

c

as if in paragraph 6—

i

in sub-paragraph (1)(a) for “; or” there were substituted “.”;

ii

sub-paragraph (1)(b) were omitted;

iii

sub-paragraphs (2)(a) and (c) and (4) were omitted;

iv

after sub-paragraph (2)(b) for “; or” there were substituted “.”;

v

in sub-paragraph (6) for “section 73 of the Administration Act (overpayments of housing benefit)” there were substituted “Part 13 of these Regulations”;

d

as if paragraph 8(2)(a) were omitted;

e

as if in paragraph 14(3) for “section 5(1)(hh) of the Administration Act” there were substituted “regulation 46 of these Regulations”;

f

as if paragraph 19(3)(b) and (c) were omitted;

g

as if in paragraph 20(1)(b) the reference to the Department were a reference to the Department of Finance and Personnel;

h

as if paragraphs 21 and 22 were omitted.