Amendment of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001

8.—(1) The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation etc), after the definition of “benefit week”, insert—

““child disability payment” has the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021;”.

(3) In regulation 4(7B)(b) (revision of decisions)—

(a) after “Act”, insert “or child disability payment”;

(b) after the second occurrence of “benefit”, insert “or child disability payment”.

(4) In regulation 7(2)(i)(ii) (decisions superseding earlier decisions)—

(a) after “Act”, insert “or child disability payment”;

(b) after the second occurrence of “benefit”, insert “or child disability payment”.

(5) In regulation 8(14) (date from which a decision superseding an earlier decision takes effect) after both occurrences of “benefit”, insert “or child disability payment”.

(1)

S.I. 2001/1002, as amended by S.I. 2003/2275, S.I. 2008/1082, S.I. 2010/1907 and S.I. 2014/213; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.