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The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1) (d) and (e), 130(2) and (4), 131(10), 135(1), 136(3), (4) and (5), 137(1) and (2)(h) and (j) and 175(1), (3), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[1] and sections 5(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (h), (i) and (k), 6(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (h), (i) and (l), 189(4) and (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992[2], and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it[3] and after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned[4], hereby makes the following Regulations: Citation, commencement and interpretation 1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Extended Payments (Severe Disablement Allowance and Incapacity Benefit)) Amendment Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 5th April 2004 immediately following the coming into force of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2004[5]. (2) In these Regulations -
Amendment of regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
(2) In regulation 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (interpretation) at the appropriate place insert -
Extended payments (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit)
62ZB. - (1) Except in a case in which a person is in receipt of state pension credit, paragraph (2) shall apply where -
(ii) the condition referred to in paragraph 1 of Schedule 5B is satisfied in his case; or
(b) a person ceases to be entitled to housing benefit because he has vacated the dwelling which he occupied as his home and the day on which he did so was either in the week in which he took up employment as an employed or self-employed earner, or in the preceding week, and -
(ii) he had been entitled to and in receipt of severe disablement allowance, incapacity benefit or a combination of severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit for a continuous period of at least 26 weeks; (iii) he was not entitled to and in receipt of income support; and (iv) the condition referred to in paragraph 1 of Schedule 5B is satisfied in his case.
(2) A person to whom paragraph (1) applies shall be treated as having made a claim under this regulation and his housing benefit shall be determined in accordance with Schedule 5B and any award so determined shall be referred to in these regulations as an "extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit)".
(b) the maximum housing benefit of any person the amount of whose extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit) is calculated in accordance with paragraph 6(b)(i) of Schedule 5B shall be determined in accordance with paragraph 7 of that Schedule; (c) except in a case to which paragraph (d) applies, any person who meets the requirements of paragraph (1) shall be treated as possessing the same amounts of income and capital as they possessed in the last week of the award of housing benefit which has ceased as mentioned in paragraph (1); and (d) any person whose maximum housing benefit is determined in accordance with paragraph 7 of Schedule 5B shall be treated as possessing no income or capital.
(4) Regulations 71, 72 and 73 (claims, evidence and information) shall not apply to a claim pursuant to this regulation and, subject to regulation 69(8)[9], Part IX (calculation of weekly amounts and changes of circumstances) shall not apply to any payment under it.
(ii) until the date on which his liability for rent ends,
whichever occurs first; and
(2) After regulation 53A of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations[11] (extended payments) there shall be inserted -
53ZB. - (1) Except in a case in which a person is in receipt of state pension credit, paragraph (2) shall apply where -
(ii) the condition referred to in paragraph 1 of Schedule 5B is satisfied in his case; or
(b) a person ceases to be entitled to council tax benefit because he has vacated the dwelling of which he was a resident and the day on which he did so was either in the week in which he took up employment as an employed or self-employed earner, or in the preceding week, and -
(ii) he had been entitled to and in receipt of severe disablement allowance, incapacity benefit or a combination of severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit for a continuous period of at least 26 weeks; (iii) he was not entitled to and in receipt of income support; and (iv) the condition referred to in paragraph 1 of Schedule 5B is satisfied in his case.
(2) A person to whom paragraph (1) applies shall be treated as having made a claim under this regulation and his council tax benefit shall be determined in accordance with Schedule 5B and any award so determined shall be referred to in these regulations as an "extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit)".
(b) the maximum council tax benefit of any person to whom paragraph 4(a) of Schedule 5B applies shall be determined in accordance with paragraph 5 of that Schedule; (c) except in a case to which paragraph (d) applies, any person who meets the requirements of paragraph (1) shall be treated as possessing the amount of income and the amount of capital that they possessed in the last week of the award of council tax benefit which has ceased as mentioned in paragraph (1); and (d) any person whose maximum council tax benefit is determined in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 5B shall be treated as possessing no income or capital.
(4) Regulations 61, 62 and 63 (claims, evidence and information) shall not apply to a claim pursuant to this regulation and, subject to regulation 51(6)[12] ( maximum council tax benefit), Part VII (benefit periods, changes of circumstances and increases for exceptional circumstances) shall not apply to any payment under it.
(ii) until the date on which his liability for council tax ends,
whichever occurs first; and
Date on which award of benefit is to end where entitlement to severe disablement allowance or incapacity benefit ceases
65B. Except in a case in which the claimant or his partner is in receipt of state pension credit, a claimant's entitlement to housing benefit shall cease at the end of the benefit week in which entitlement to severe disablement allowance or incapacity benefit ceases where -
(b) that entitlement to severe disablement allowance or incapacity benefit has ceased by reason of the claimant or his partner -
(ii) increasing their earnings from such employment; or (iii) increasing the number of hours worked in such employment;
(c) the claimant had been entitled to and in receipt of severe disablement allowance or incapacity benefit for a continuous period of at least 26 weeks before the day on which his entitlement to severe disablement allowance or incapacity benefit ceased, and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph -
(ii) references to the claimant include references to his partner; and
(d) that work, increase in earnings, or as the case may be, increase in hours is expected to last at least 5 weeks or more.".
(2) After regulation 56A of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations[14] (date on which council tax benefit is to end) there shall be inserted -
56B. Except in a case in which the claimant or his partner is in receipt of state pension credit, a claimant's entitlement to council tax benefit shall cease at the end of the benefit week in which entitlement to severe disablement allowance or incapacity benefit ceases where -
(b) that entitlement to severe disablement allowance or incapacity benefit has ceased by reason of the claimant or his partner -
(ii) increasing their earnings from such employment; or (iii) increasing the number of hours worked in such employment;
(c) the claimant had been entitled to and in receipt of severe disablement allowance or incapacity benefit for a continuous period of at least 26 weeks before the day on which his entitlement to severe disablement allowance or incapacity benefit ceased, and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph -
(ii) references to the claimant include references to his partner; and
(d) that work, increase in earnings, or as the case may be, increase in hours is expected to last at least 5 weeks or more.".
Amendment of regulation 69 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 51 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations
(b) after the words "Part III of Schedule 5A" insert "or paragraph 9 of Schedule 5B, as the case may be".
(2) In regulation 51(6) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (maximum council tax benefit) -
(b) after the words "Part III of Schedule 5A" insert "or paragraph 6 of Schedule 5B, as the case may be".
Insertion of Schedule 5B into the Housing Benefit Regulations and the Council Tax Benefit Regulations Condition for an extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit) 1. The condition prescribed in this paragraph is that the claimant or the claimant's partner -
(ii) has commenced, or is about to commence, receiving remuneration for work or an increased amount of remuneration for work; or (iii) has commenced, or is about to commence, an increased number of hours of work,
so that entitlement to severe disablement allowance or incapacity benefit ceases and that work, or as the case may be, remuneration, is expected to last 5 weeks or more; and
Calculation and payment of an extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit)
(b) the reasonable needs and convenience of the person entitled thereto.
(5) No extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit) shall be payable for a week which is a rent free period for the purposes of regulation 70(1)[18].
(b) from the Monday following the day the move takes place where that day is not a Monday.
Movers and rent allowances
(b) he claims an extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit),
the authority in which the second dwelling is situated, or as the case may be, where the mover's liability to make payments in respect of the second dwelling is to a housing authority, that housing authority, shall upon receiving the mover's claim for an extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit), which meets the requirements of regulation 62ZB(1), make an extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit), calculated in accordance with paragraph 6, to that mover.
(b) to a housing authority, the extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit) shall be by way of a rent rebate to the value of the lesser of -
(ii) the amount of extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit) calculated in accordance with paragraph 2.
Maximum housing benefit
(b) he also claims and is awarded housing benefit,
then the amount of the housing benefit payable in respect of that week shall be reduced by a sum equal to the amount of the extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit) and only the balance, if any, shall be payable to him for that week.
Condition for an extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit) 1. The condition prescribed in this paragraph is that the claimant or the claimant's partner -
(ii) has commenced, or is about to commence, receiving remuneration for work or an increased amount of remuneration for work; or (iii) has commenced, or is about to commence, an increased number of hours of work,
so that entitlement to severe disablement allowance or incapacity benefit ceases and that work, or as the case may be, remuneration, is expected to last 5 weeks or more; and
Calculation and payment of an extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit)
(b) the amount of extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit) calculated in accordance with paragraph 2.
5.
The maximum council tax benefit of a mover the amount of whose extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit) is calculated in accordance with paragraph 4(a) shall be calculated in accordance with regulation 51(1), save that no deduction shall be made in respect of non-dependants, other than any that fall to be taken into account pursuant to paragraph 4(a).
(This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971) ("the Housing Benefit Regulations") and the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814) (" the Council Tax Benefit Regulations"). Regulation 2 inserts new definitions in the Housing Benefit Regulations and the Council Tax Benefit Regulations. Regulation 3 inserts regulations 62ZB and 53ZB in the Housing Benefit Regulations and Council Tax Benefit Regulations respectively which provide for extended payments (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit) in certain cases in which entitlement to housing benefit and council tax benefit ceases. Regulation 4 inserts regulations 65B and 56B in the Housing Benefit Regulations and Council Tax Benefit Regulations respectively which provide for circumstances in which entitlement to housing benefit and council tax benefit are to end where entitlement to incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance ceases. Regulation 5 makes minor amendments to regulations 69 and 51 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and Council Tax Benefit Regulations respectively, to provide for adjustment of entitlement to housing benefit or council tax benefit where a claimant has received an extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit). Regulation 6 inserts Schedules 5B into the Housing Benefit Regulations and the Council Tax Benefit Regulations. The Schedules provide for the notification which must be given, calculation and payment of extended payments (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit), adjustment of entitlement and the treatment of movers. A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business. Notes: [1] 1992 c. 4; section 123(1)(e) was substituted by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14); section 130(2) has been amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992, paragraph 174(4) of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) and section 96 of the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22); section 131(10) was substituted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992; section 137(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word "prescribed"; section 175 (1) and (4) was amended by paragraph 29(1) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) and section 175(5) was amended by paragraph 36 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Incapacity for Work Act 1994 (c. 18).back [2] 1992 c. 5; section 5(1)(e) was substituted by paragraph 79(1) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14); section 6(1) was amended by paragraph 12(1)(a) and (b) of Schedule 9, and Schedule 14 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992; section 189(4) and (5) was amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7, and Schedule 8 to the Social Security Act 1998 and section 191 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word "prescribe".back [3] See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.back [4] See section 176(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.back [8] Regulation 62A was substituted by S.I. 2004/14.back [9] Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1994/578 and 1996/194.back [11] Regulation 53A was inserted by S.I. 2004/14.back [12] Paragraph (6) of regulation 51 was inserted by S.I. 1996/194.back [13] Regulation 65A was inserted by S.I. 2004/14.back [14] Regulation 56A was inserted by S.I. 2004/14.back [15] Schedule 5A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194.back [16] Schedule 5A was inserted by S.I. 1996/194.back [17] Regulation 69(5)(c) was amended by S.I. 1990/546.back [18] Paragraph (1) of regulation 70 was substituted by S.I. 1990/546.back [19] Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/546, 1994/578 and 2001/1605.back [20] Amending instruments are 1989/416, 1990/546 and 1775, 1991/235, 1992/50 and 2148, 1993/317, 963 and 1249, 1996/1510 and 2518, 1998/563, 2000/440 and 2003/325, 526, 1195 and 2275.back [21] Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/1549, 1993/317 and 1997/2197.back [22] Regulation 51(1) was amended by S.I. 1996/194.back [23] Amending instruments are 1993/688, 963 and 1249, 1996/1510 and 2518, 2000/440, 2001/1605 and 2003/325, 526, 1195 and 2275.back
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