2006 No. 2813
The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2006
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 134(8)(b) and 139(6)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 19921.
In accordance with section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned.
The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it2.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 20th November 2006.
Amendment of the Housing Benefit Regulations 20062
In regulation 40 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 20063 (calculation of income other than earnings) after paragraph (4) insert—
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An authority may modify this Part so as to provide for disregarding, in determining a person’s income (whether he is the occupier of a dwelling or any other person whose income falls to be aggregated with that of the occupier of the dwelling), the whole or any part of any payment made under article 14(1)(b) or 21(1)(a) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 20054.
Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 20063
In regulation 33 of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 20065 (calculation of weekly income) after paragraph (13) add—
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An authority may modify this Part so as to provide for disregarding, in determining a person’s income (whether he is the occupier of a dwelling or any other person whose income falls to be aggregated with that of the occupier of the dwelling), the whole or any part of any payment made under article 14(1)(b) or 21(1)(a) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005.
Amendment of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 20064
In regulation 30 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 20066 (calculation of income other than earnings) after paragraph (4) insert—
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An authority may modify this Part so as to provide for disregarding, in determining a person’s income, the whole or any part of any payment payable under article 14(1)(b) or 21(1)(a) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005 to that person, or to his partner or to a person to whom he is polygamously married.
Amendment of the Council Tax (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 20065
In regulation 23 of the Council Tax (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 20067 (calculation of weekly income) after paragraph (13) add—
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An authority may modify this Part so as to provide for disregarding, in determining a person’s income, the whole or any part of any payment payable under article 14(1)(b) or 21(1)(a) of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005 to that person, or to his partner or to a person to whom he is polygamously married.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)