Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 c.217

Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 No. 217

Summary:	These Regulations make provision consequential on the coming into force of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006, the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006 and the Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 ("the Consolidating Regulations"). Those Regulations replace the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987, the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 and the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2003, all of which are revoked in accordance with regulation 3. Regulation 2 provides for the continuity of the law following the coming into force of the Consolidating Regulations. Regulation 3 and Schedule 1 provide for the revocation of all Regulations included in the Consolidating Regulations together with those regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit which are spent or are continued in force in these Regulations. Regulation 4 provides that documents made, served or issued after the coming into force of the Consolidating Regulations but which contain references to regulations revoked by these Regulations are to be construed as referring to the corresponding provision of the Consolidating Regulations. Regulations 5 and Schedule 2 contain amendments to other Instruments which are consequential on the coming into force of the Consolidating Regulations. Regulation 6 and Schedule 3 contain savings and transitional provisions which are carried forward from Regulations revoked by these Regulations. Regulation 7 and Schedule 4 contain transitory provisions which apply for a limited period.
Made Under:	Housing Act 1996 (C. 52) - 122(3) and (5)
Amending:	Home Energy Efficiency Schemes (Wales) Regulations 2000 (2959) New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2001 (970) New Deal (Lone Parents) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2001 (2915) National Council for Education and Training for Wales (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (3238)
Amending:	Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992/1815 Community Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1993/1621 Council Tax (Demand Notices) (Wales) Regulations 1993/255 Employment Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1991/1995 Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996/2890 Income Support (General) Regulations 1987/1967 Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996/207 Learning for Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1993/1949 National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Regulations 1992/2977 Project Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1996/1623 Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997/1984 Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987/1968 Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1996/2745 Training for Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1995/1780
Amended By:	Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2006 (588)

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