The Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1998

Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1997

2.—(1) The Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1997(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph.

(2) After regulation 2 (amendment of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992) there shall be added the following regulation—

“Saving

3.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), regulation 2(3) and (4) above shall not have effect in the case of a person entitled to council tax benefit in respect of 31st March 1998, for so long as that person is continuously so entitled by virtue of his residence in the dwelling in which he was residing on that date.

(2) Where a person to whom paragraph (1) refers ceases to be entitled to council tax benefit in respect of his residence in the relevant dwelling, that paragraph shall have effect for a partner who—

(a) was resident in that dwelling on 31st March;

(b) has remained continuously resident in that dwelling since that date; and

(c) becomes personally entitled to council tax benefit on account of being resident in that dwelling within a period of not more than 12 weeks from the time the original person’s entitlement ceased.

(3) Where a person who is entitled to council tax benefit in the circumstances to which paragraph (1) or (2) refers—

(a) whether on one or more occasions, ceases to be entitled to council tax benefit on or after 1st April 1998 but subsequently becomes re-entitled to that benefit within a period of not more than 12 weeks from the date he ceases to be so entitled; and

(b) the dwelling in respect of which his further entitlement arises is the dwelling to which paragraph (1) refers,

paragraph (1) shall continue to apply in his case.”.

(1)

S.I. 1997/1841.