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Regulation 2 and Part 1 of the Schedule prescribe the war disablement pensions for the purpose of section 134(8)(a) and section 139(6)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5). Those sections give local authorities a power to modify the housing benefit and council tax benefit schemes to disregard some or all of any prescribed war disablement pension or war widow’s pension. Regulation 3 and Part 2 of the Schedule prescribes the war widow’s pensions for the purpose of section 134(8)(a) or section 139(6)(a).
Regulations 5 to 7 make consequential amendments to the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006, the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 and the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006.
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