The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992

means the amount determined in accordance with regulation 54 and Schedule 2;

means— (a) in England and Wales, the billing authority to which Part I of the 1992 Act refers, (b) in Scotland, the levying authority to which Part II of the 1992 Act refers;

means an office of the Department of Social Security which is normally open to the public for the receipt of claims for income support and includes an office of the Department of Employment which is normally open to the public for the receipt of claims for unemployment benefit;

means such period as is prescribed in regulations 14 to 16 over which income falls to be calculated;

means— (a) an attendance allowance under Part III of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

means a Review Board of different composition to that giving the decision where it is inexpedient for that same Review Board to correct or set aside its decision;

has the meaning prescribed in regulation 57;

means a period of 7 consecutive days commencing on a Monday and ending on a Sunday;

means a person who pays a charge for his accommodation and at least some cooked or prepared meals which are both prepared and consumed in that accommodation or associated premises;

means—

means a person under the age of 16;

means a claim for council tax benefit;

means a person claiming council tax benefit;

means a parent, parent-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughterin-law, step-parent, step-ston, step-daughter, brother, sister or the spouse of any of the preceding persons or, if that person is one of an unmarried couple, the other member of that couple;

means community charge benefits under Part VII of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 as originally enacted;

means a payment made under arrangements made by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury which is charged either to the National Insurance Fund or to a Departmental Expenditure Vote to which payments of benefit under the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 are charged;

means any contribution in respect of the income of any other person which a Minister of the Crown or an education authority as defined in regulation 46 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 takes into account in assessing the amount of the student’s grant and by which the amount is, as a consequence, reduced;

means council tax benefit under Part VII of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

means the council tax payable under section 10 or 78 of the 1992 Act less any reductions made under section 13 or 80 (reduced amounts of council tax).

means any full-time or part-time course of study or sandwich course whether or not a grant is made for attending it;

means the gross income payable to a full-time student under a Deed of Covenant by his parent including any sum deducted from the gross amount for tax;

means the date on which the claim is made, or treated as made, for the purposes of regulation 62 (time and manner in which claims are to be made);

means the office designated by the appropriate authority, by way of notice upon a form approved by them, for the purpose of claiming council tax benefit and for the receipt of claims to council tax benefit;

means an appropriate authority or a Review Board.

means a disability living allowance under Part III of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

means a disability working allowance under section 123 of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

has the same meaning as in section 3 or 72 of the 1992 Act;

means in the case of employment as an employed earner, any remuneration or profit derived from that employment and includes—

means any amount which has been allowed by way of council tax benefit and to which there was no entitlement under these Regulations (whether on initial determination or as subsequently revised on review or further review) and includes any excess which arises by reason of—

means excess benefit in consequence of a mistake made or something done or omitted to be done by the appropriate authority or by an officer or person acting for that authority or by an officer of the Department of Social Security or the Department of Employment acting as such where the claimant, a person acting on his behalf or any other person to whom the payment is allowed did not cause or materially contribute to that mistake, act or omission.

has the meaning assigned to it by section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

includes a student on a sandwich course;

means any kind of educational grant or award and includes any scholarship, studentship, exhibition, allowance or bursary but does not include a payment derived from funds made available by the Secretary of State for the purpose of assisting students in financial difficulties under section 100 of the Education Act 1944, sections 131 and 132 of the Education Reform Act 1988 or section 73 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980;

means— (a) any income by way of a grant;

means housing benefit under Part VII of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

includes capital treated as income under regulation 25 (capital treated as income) and income which a claimant is treated as possessing under regulation 26 (notional income).

means any instalment of an appropriate authority’s council tax to which regulation 19 of either the English and Welsh Regulations or as the case may be the Scottish Regulations refers (council tax payments).

means a vehicle propelled by a petrol engine or by electric power supplied for use on the road and to be controlled by the occupant;

means the date on which the last day of the final academic term falls in respect of the course in which the student is enrolled;

means a person who has no partner and who is responsible for and a member of the same household as a child or young person;

has the meaning assigned to it by section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

means a period during which a woman is absent from work because she is pregnant or has given birth to a child, and at the end of which she has a right to return to work either under the terms of her contract of employment or under Part III of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978;

means a member of a married or unmarried couple;

means a supplement to which paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 refers;

means such earnings as are calculated in accordance with regulation 20;

means such profit as is calculated in accordance with regulation 22;

means in England and Wales the persons who would take beneficially on an intestacy and in Scotland the person entitled to the moveable estate on intestacy.

has the meaning prescribed in regulation 3;

means any pension or other periodical payment under an occupational pension scheme but does not include any discretionary payment out of a fund established for relieving hardship in particular cases;

means clothing or footwear for normal daily use, but does not include school uniforms, or clothing or footwear used solely for sporting activities.

means employment in which the person is engaged on average for less than 16 hours a week.

has the meaning given in regulation 10(2) (patients), and

includes part of a payment;

means— (a) in the case of a course of study for one year or less, the period beginning with the start of the course and ending with the last day of the course;

has the meaning prescribed in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1991;

means a person by whom or in respect of whom a claim for council tax benefit has been made.

means any person (including the appropriate authority) whose rights, duties or obligations are affected by a determination, whether or not on review, or by a decision on further review;

means a person in receipt of income support;

means any instrument by which the payment of money is assured on death (except death by accident only) or by the happening of any contingency dependent on human life, or any instrument evidencing a contract which is subject to payment of premiums for a term dependent on human life;

means a marriage to which section 133(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 refers;

means a person in respect of whom payment has been made from the Fund or the Eileen Trust;

means any premium or other consideration payable under an annuity contract for the time being approved by the Board of Inland Revenue as having for its main object the provision for the claimant of a life annuity in old age or the provision of an annuity for his partner or for any one or more of his dependants and in respect of which relief for income tax may be given.

means the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955, the Naval Discipline Act 1957, the Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958, the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, the Family Law Reform Act 1969, the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, The Guardianship Act 1973, the Children Act 1975, the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates Courts Act 1978, the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, the Family Law Act 1986and the Children Act 1989.

means the benefit week or part-week which includes the day on which the further claim or, if more than one further claim has been made, the last such claim was made.

means the benefit week or part-week in which the capital in question of which the claimant has deprived himself within the meaning of regulation 34(1)— and where more than one benefit week or part-week is identified by reference to heads (i) and (ii) of this sub-paragraph the later or latest such benefit week or, as the case may be, the later or latest such part-week;

has the meaning prescribed in regulation 4;

means “eligible rent” to which regulation 10 of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 refers, less any deductions in respect of non-dependants which fall to be made under regulation 63 of those Regulations;

has the meaning as in Part I or II of the 1992 Act;

means a board constituted in accordance with regulation 70(3) and Schedule 7;

has the meaning prescribed in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1991;

has the meaning given to it in Schedule 2;

means a claimant who neither has a partner nor is a lone parent;

means— (a) in the case of a student attending a course of study at the University of London or an establishment within the area comprising the City of London and the Metropolitan Police District, the amount specified for the time being in paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1991 for such a student;

has the meaning prescribed in regulation 38;

means a supplementary pension or allowance under section 1 or 4 of the Supplementary Benefit Act 1976;

means the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

means the Social Security Administration Act 1992;

means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

means the charitable trust of that name established on 29th March 1993 out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the benefit of persons eligible for payment in accordance with its provisions;

means moneys made available from time to time by the Secretary of State for the benefit of persons eligible for payment in accordance with the provisions of a scheme established by him on 24th April 1992 or, in Scotland, on 10th April 1992;

means the Trust of that name established by a deed dated 25th February 1993 and made between the Secretary of State for Social Security of the one part and Robin Glover Wendt and John Fletcher Shepherd of the other part;

means the Trust of that name established by a deed dated 25th February 1993 and made between the Secretary of State for Social Security of the one part and Robin Glover Wendt and John Fletcher Shepherd of the other part;

means the charitable trust established out of funds provided by the Secretary of State for the purpose of providing financial assistance to those persons incapacitated by or otherwise suffering from very severe disablement who are in need of such assistance to enable them to live independently;

means the Independent Living Fund, the Independent Living (Extension) Fund and the Independent Living (1993) Fund;

means (a) “the Macfarlane Trust”, established partly out of funds provided by the Secretary of State to the Haemophilia Society, for the relief of poverty or distress among those suffering from haemophilia;

means an allowance (whether by way of periodical grants or otherwise) payable— (a) out of public funds by a Government department or by or on behalf of the Secretary of State, Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise;

has the meaning assigned to it by section 137(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

means— (a) as respects England and Wales, any water and sewerage charges under Chapter 1 of Part V of the Water Industry Act 1991;

has the meaning prescribed in section 832(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;

has the meaning prescribed in regulation 5(1).