(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations further amend the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989 in the following respects—
a
they add to the sums which are to be disregarded in calculating a person’s earnings (regulation 2);
b
they amend the manner in which a student’s income is calculated (regulations 3 and 5);
c
they amend the conditions which specify how notional capital attributed to a claimant is to be reduced (regulation 4);
d
they extend the provisions governing the date on which a claim is made (regulation 6);
e
they make separate provision for Scotland and England and Wales with respect to the time and manner in which community charge benefit is to be awarded (regulations 7 and 8);
f
they amend the provisions specifying the circumstances in which excess benefits awarded in consequence of official errors are not recoverable (regulation 9);
g
they amend the circumstances in which the value of a right to receive income may be disregarded from a claimant’s capital (regulation 10).