Amendment of the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 20064.

(1)

The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 200618 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 31(treatment of child care charges)19—

(a)

in paragraph 11(e) for “or allowance to which head (ii), (iv), (v) or (vi)” substitute “, allowance or payment to which head (ii), (iv), (v), (vi) or (viii)”;

(b)

in paragraph (13)(d) for “would be payable but for” substitute “has ceased to be payable solely by virtue of”.

(3)

In the following provisions for “social security contributions” substitute “national insurance contributions”—

(a)

regulation 34(c) (disregard of changes in tax, contributions etc);

(b)

in regulation 39 (calculation of net profit of self-employed earners)—

(i)

paragraph (1)(b)(i);

(ii)

paragraph (2)(b)(ii);

(iii)

paragraph (8)(a)(ii);

(c)

regulation 40(2) (deduction of tax and contributions of self-employed earners).

(4)

In regulation 68(1) (amendment and withdrawal of claim)20 for “determination” substitute “decision”.

(5)

In Schedule 3 (applicable amounts)21—

(a)

in paragraph 6 (Severe disability premium) in sub-paragraph (7)(c) after “but for” insert “payment ceasing by virtue of”;

(b)

in paragraph 7 (Enhanced disability premium) in sub-paragraph (1)(b) for “, or would, but for” substitute “payable, or has ceased to be payable by virtue of”;

(c)

in paragraph 8 (Disabled child premium) in paragraph (d) after “but for” insert “payment ceasing by virtue of”.