SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7 Housing benefit and council tax benefit: revisions and appeals

Consequential amendments of the Administration Act

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(1)

In section 5(1)(hh) of the Administration Act (regulations about claims for and payments of benefit)—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (i), after “1998” there shall be inserted “or, as the case may be, under paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000”; and

(b)

in sub-paragraph (ii), after “Act” there shall be inserted “or, as the case may be, paragraph 4 of that Schedule”.

(2)

In section 6(1) of the Administration Act (regulations about claims for and payments of council tax benefit), after paragraph (h) there shall be inserted—

“(hh)

for requiring such person as may be prescribed in accordance with the regulations to furnish any information or evidence needed for a determination whether a decision on an award of a benefit—

(i)

should be revised under paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000; or

(ii)

should be superseded under paragraph 4 of that Schedule;”.