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The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2007

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Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006

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7.—(1) The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006(1) are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 68 (amendment and withdrawal of claim)(2) substitute—

Amendment and withdrawal of claim

68.(1) A person who has made a claim may amend it at any time before a decision has been made on it, by a notice in writing delivered or sent to the designated office, except where the claim was made by telephone in accordance with regulation 64(5A) where the amendment may be made by telephone, and any claim so amended shall be treated as if it had been amended in the first instance.

(2) A person who has made a claim may withdraw it at any time before a decision has been made on it, by notice to the designated office, and any such notice of withdrawal shall have effect when it is received..

(3) In Schedule 1 (ineligible service charges) for paragraph 1(a)(iii) substitute—

(iii)leisure items such as either sports facilities (except a children’s play area), or television rental, licence and subscription fees (except radio relay charges and charges made in respect of the conveyance and installation and maintenance of equipment for the conveyance of a television broadcasting service);.

(4) In paragraph 6(8)(a) of Schedule 3 (severe disability premium), for “the date on which the award is made” substitute “the date on which the award is first paid”.

(2)

Regulation 68 was amended and paragraph (5A) was inserted into regulation 64 by S.I. 2006/2967.

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