This confirms that the cooling off period for a change of mind is reduced to 14 days, from 8 May 2012.
Updates
11 May 2012
This amendment is to confirm that maternity and funeral expenses are allowable expenses for budgeting loans as from 8 May 2012.
09 May 2012
Updates to primary legislation brought in by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 from 8 May 2012
Social Security Administration Act 1992: sections 115A, 115B, 116, 190
Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999: section 72
Social Security Fraud Act 2001: sections 6B, 6C, 9
08 May 2012
This amendment is to take account of the new rules from 8 May 2012 on recovery of child benefit and guardian’s allowance overpayments by deduction from those benefits, as introduced by SI 2012 No.1074.
03 May 2012
General updates to the Housing Benefit and Tax Credits Legislation to take into account SIs 2012 Nos.913, 919 and 956 from 1 May 2012
Part 2
Housing Benefit Regulations 2006: regulations 2, 53; Schedule 3
Part 3
Council Tax Benefit Regulations: regulations 2, 43; Schedule 1
Part 4
Housing Benefit (Special) Regulations: regulation 2
Council Tax Benefit (Special) Regulations: regulations 2
03 May 2012
This amendment is to include the situation where child tax credit has been claimed but not yet awarded in the definition of alignment payments in the crisis loans rules, and to update information regarding the amount of payments for living expenses for non-householders, as provided for by the April 2012 amendments to Social Fund Directions 14C, 18 and 20.
03 May 2012
This is to update information regarding the inclusion of claimants who have lost entitlement to contributory ESA due to time limiting in the housing benefit and council tax benefit component rules, as introduced by SI 2012 No.913.
03 May 2012
This adds a note to reflect that the rule relating to the 104 week linking period and welfare to work or training beneficiaries in ESA does not apply from 1 May, as the relevant ESA regulation has been revoked.
03 May 2012
These amendments are to update information in the light of the abolition of the 104 week linking period from 1 May 2012, as introduced by SI 2012 No.913.
29 Mar 2012
General updates to the Housing Benefit and Tax Credits Legislation
Part 1
Social Security Administration Act 1992: regulation 191
Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000: schedule 7
Part 2
Housing Benefit Regulations 2006: regulations 2, 12M, 27, 28, 35, 36, 42, 49, 56, 74, 98, 102, 104; schedules 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
Part 3
Council Tax Benefit Regulations: regulations 2, 32, 39, 74A, 81, 86, 89; schedules 4, 5
Part 4
Housing Benefit (Special) Regulations: regulations 83, 85
Council Tax Benefit (Special) Regulations: regulations 71, 74
11 Feb 2012
These amendments are to reflect the decision of the Supreme Court in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Payne and another [2011] UKSC 60 (14 December 2011), regarding recovery of overpayments by deduction from benefits in cases of debt relief orders and bankruptcy orders.
11 Feb 2012
This amendment is to reflect the decision of the European Court of Justice in Ziolkowski v Land Berlin, C-424/10 and Szeja v Land Berlin, C-425/10 (21 December 2011), regarding permanent right to reside where residence was under national immigration law alone.
11 Feb 2012
These amendments are in
the light of the extension of the restrictions on A8 and A2 nationals to 31
December 2013 (as made by the Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation)
(Amendment) Regulations 2011, SI 2011 No.2816)
12 Dec 2011
The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Legislation has been updated to reflect the 2011-12 edition. This brings the legislation to date to 31 October 2011.
03 Dec 2011
This amendment is to reflect that the government have extended the restrictions on A2 nationals for a further two years, ie to 31 December 2013. This change is made by the Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, SI 2011 No.2816.
21 Nov 2011
These changes bring the legislation up to date to 9 November.
20 Nov 2011
These changes bring the Child Support Legislation up to date to 9 November.
12 Nov 2011
This amendment is to update information regarding online claims via the DWP eservice website, and online reporting of changes of circumstance.
12 Nov 2011
The purpose of these amendments is to update information regarding proposed time limiting of contributory ESA (including ESA in youth) and regarding earnings limits in ESA for permitted work and councillor’s allowances.
12 Nov 2011
Changes include:
- Chapters 6, 7 and 8 have been amended as a result of the abolition of health in pregnancy grants in January 2011
- Additional qualifying criteria for Sure Start maternity grants have been added to Chapter 8
- Changes to crisis loans have been added to Chapter 8