The Social Security and Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2022

• Citation: S.I. 2022/449
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement, extent, application and effect

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security and Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 3rd May 2022.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland except for regulation 3 which extends to England and Wales.

(3) The amendments made by regulation 2(2) do not have effect in relation to a claim for housing benefit or state pension credit, made before the date these Regulations come into force.

(4) Regulation 3 applies in relation to council tax reduction schemes made by billing authorities in England for financial years beginning on or after 1st April 2023.

Section 2 Amendment of the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000

(1) The Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (persons not excluded from specified benefits under section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999)—

(a) in paragraph (1) —

(i) after “a social fund payment,” insert “or” ; and

(ii) omit “housing benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act ”; and

(iii) omit “, or state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002 ”;

(b) in paragraph (1A) —

(i) after “entitlement to” insert “housing benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act, state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002, or” ; and

(ii) after “universal credit” insert “, as the case may be,” .

Section 3 Amendment of the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012

(1) Regulation 13 of the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012 (persons subject to immigration control) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1) for “Subject to paragraph (1A), persons” substitute “Persons” .

(3) Omit paragraph (1A).