Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1992
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1992/201 |
| Year | 1992 |
1992 No. 201
SOCIAL SECURITY
HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES
HOUSING, SCOTLAND
The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1992
Made 7th February 1992
Laid before Parliament 7th February 1992
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 20(8) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 19861and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 19752, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, it having appeared to him that by reason of the urgency of the matter it is inexpedient to consult with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned3and that by reason of the urgency of the matter it is inexpedient to refer proposals to make these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee4, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1992 and shall come into force as follows—
(a)
(a) regulation 1, and regulation 2 insofar only as it relates to any case where rent is payable at intervals of one month or any other interval which is not a week or a multiple of a week, on 1st April 1992;
(b)
(b) regulation 2, except in a case to which sub-paragraph (a) above relates, on 6th April 1992.
(2) In these Regulations “the Housing Benefit Regulations” shall mean the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 19875.
Amendment to the Housing Benefit Regulations
2. In regulation 8 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (eligible housing costs)
(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (2) and (2A)”;
(b) after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“2A Where any payment for which a person is liable in respect of a dwelling and which is specified in regulation 10(1) (payments of rent for which housing benefit is payable), is increased on account of
(a) outstanding arrears of any payment or charge, or
(b) any other unpaid payment or charge
to which paragraphs (1) to (3) of that regulation or Schedule 1 (ineligible charges) refer and which is or was formerly owed by him in respect of that or another dwelling, a rent rebate or, as the case may be, a rent allowance shall not be payable in respect of that increase.”.
Ann Widdecombe
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