Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1989
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1989/416 |
1989No. 416
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES HOUSING, SCOTLAND RATING AND
VALUATION
The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1989
9thMarch1989
10thMarch1989
for the purpose of regulations 1 to 6 and 9 to 11 to the extent that they relate to cases referred to in regulation 1(2)for the purpose of regulations 1 to 6 and 9 to 11 to the extent that they relate to cases referred to in regulation 1(2)
1stApril1989
to the extent that they relate to any other case
3rdApril1989
for the purposes of regulations 7 and 8
9thOctober1989
The Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred by sections 20(1)(c) and (8), 21(6)(b), 22(1), (8) and (9), 29 and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 ( a) and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975 ( b) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of authorities concerned ( c) , and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument which is made before the end of a period of 12 months from the commencement of the enactments under which it is made, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1989 and shall come into force as follows-
(a) regulations 1 to 6 and 9 to 11 in any case to which paragraph (2)(a) or (b) applies, on 1st April 1989 and in any other case, on 3rd April 1989;(b) regulations 7 and 8, on 9th October 1989.(2) This paragraph applies in any case where-
(a) rent is payable at intervals of one month or any other interval which is not a week or multiple thereof; or(b) payments by way of rates are not made together with payments of rent at weekly intervals or multiples thereof.(3) In these regulations "the General Regulations" means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 ( d) .
Amendment of regulation 3 of the General Regulations
2. In regulation 3 of the General Regulations (definition of non-dependant)-
(a) in paragraph (2)(e), for the words "liable to make payments" to the end there shall be substituted the words "liable to make payments on a commercial basis to the claimant or the claimant's partner or to whom or to whose partner the claimant or the claimant's partner is liable to make payments on a commercial basis, in respect of the occupation of the dwelling;" ;(b) in paragraph (3), the words "a person who normally resides with a claimant and who is a boarder or" shall be omitted;(c) at the end of paragraph (4) there shall be added the words "but not if each person is separately liable to make payments in respect of his occupation of the dwelling to the landlord." .Amendment of regulation 24 of the General Regulations
3. In regulation 24 of the General Regulations (average weekly income other than earnings) the words "or regulation 27(4) (weekly amount of charitable or voluntary payment)" shall be omitted.
Amendment of regulation 61 of the General Regulations
4. In regulation 61 of the General Regulations (maximum housing benefit) after the words "non-dependants" there shall be inserted the words "or boarders" .
Amendment of regulation 63 of the General Regulations
5. In regulation 63 of the General Regulations...
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