Part IDecisions and Appeals

C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8Chapter IISocial Security Decisions and Appeals

Annotations:

Housing benefit and council tax benefit

I134Determination of claims and reviews

1

Regulations shall provide that, where a person claims—

a

housing benefit; or

b

council tax benefit,

the authority to whom the claim is made shall notify the person of its determination of the claim.

2

Any such notification shall be given in such form as may be prescribed.

3

Regulations may make provision requiring authorities to whom claims for housing benefit or council tax benefit are made by, or in respect of, persons who have been entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance or to income support to give priority, in prescribed circumstances, to those claims over other claims for any such benefit.

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Regulations shall make provision for reviews of determinations relating to housing benefit or council tax benefit.

5

Regulations may make provision as respects matters arising out of the revision on review of such determinations.