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Any Person1
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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.082
Evidence and information
Regulated
- Provide pension scheme details to housing benefit authority on requestAny Person
s.094
Payment on death of the person entitled
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Housing benefit authority must pay deceased tenant’s benefit upon written claimLocal authority
158 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation and commencement
s.002
Interpretation
s.003
Definition of non-dependant
s.004
Cases in which section 1(1A) of the Administration Act is disapplied
s.005
Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit
s.006
Remunerative work
s.007
Circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home
s.008
Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling
s.009
Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as not liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling
s.010
Persons from abroad
s.011
Eligible housing costs
s.012
Rates
s.013
Rent
s.013
Eligible rent
s.013
Eligible rent and maximum rent (social sector)
s.013
Eligible rent and maximum rent
s.013
Eligible rent and maximum rent (LHA)
s.013
Transitional protection–reduction in LHA
s.014
Maximum rent
s.014
Protection on death and 13 week protection
s.014
Change in reckonable rent
s.014
When a maximum rent (LHA) is to be determined
s.014
Determination of a maximum rent (LHA)
s.014
Publication of local housing allowances
s.014
Amended determinations
s.015
Decisions
s.016
Pre-tenancy decisions
s.017
Persons of prescribed description
s.018
Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another
s.019
Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household
s.020
Applicable amounts
s.021
Polygamous marriages
s.022
Calculation of income and capital of members of claimant’s family and of a polygamous marriage
s.023
Circumstances in which income and capital of non-dependant is to be treated as claimant’s
s.024
Calculation of income on a weekly basis
s.025
Treatment of child care charges
s.026
Average weekly earnings of employed earners
s.026
Date on which income consisting of earnings from employment as an employed earner are taken into account
s.027
Average weekly earnings of self-employed earners
s.028
Average weekly income other than earnings
s.029
Calculation of average weekly income from tax credits
s.030
Calculation of weekly income
s.031
Disregard of changes in tax, contributions etc.
s.032
Earnings of employed earners
s.033
Calculation of net earnings of employed earners
s.034
Earnings of self-employed earners
s.035
Calculation of net profit of self-employed earners
s.036
Deduction of tax and contributions of self-employed earners
s.037
Calculation of income other than earnings
s.038
Capital treated as income
s.039
Notional income
s.040
Capital limit
s.041
Calculation of capital
s.042
Disregard of capital of child and young person
s.043
Income treated as capital
s.044
Calculation of capital in the United Kingdom
s.045
Calculation of capital outside the United Kingdom
s.046
Notional capital
s.047
Diminishing notional capital rule
s.048
Capital jointly held
s.049
Calculation of tariff income from capital
s.050
Interpretation
s.051
Treatment of students
s.052
Occupying a dwelling as a person’s home
s.053
Full-time students to be treated as not liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling
s.054
Student’s eligible housing costs
s.055
Student partners
s.056
Calculation of grant income
s.057
Calculation of covenant income where a contribution is assessed
s.058
Covenant income where no grant income or no contribution is assessed
s.059
Relationship with amounts to be disregarded under Schedule 6
s.060
Other amounts to be disregarded
s.061
Treatment of student loans and post graduate loans
s.062
Treatment of fee loans
s.062
Treatment of loans for specific purposes
s.063
Treatment of payments from access funds
s.064
Disregard of contribution and rent
s.065
Further disregard of student’s income
s.066
Amounts treated as capital
s.067
Disregard of changes occurring during summer vacation
s.068
Maximum housing benefit
s.069
Housing benefit tapers
s.070
Extended Payments
s.070
Duration of extended payment period
s.070
Amount of extended payment
s.070
Relationship between extended payment and entitlement to housing benefit under the general conditions of entitlement
s.070
Calculation of an extended payment where the benefit cap applies
s.071
Extended payments (qualifying contributory benefits)
s.071
Duration of extended payment period (qualifying contributory benefits)
s.071
Amount of extended payment (qualifying contributory benefits)
s.071
Relationship between extended payment (qualifying contributory benefits) and entitlement to housing benefit under the general conditions of entitlement
s.071
Calculation of an extended payment (qualifying contributory benefits) where the benefit cap applies
s.072
Non-dependant deductions
s.073
Minimum housing benefit
s.073
Circumstances in which a benefit cap will apply
s.073
Determinations
s.073
Manner of calculating the amount of welfare benefits
s.073
Determination of the relevant amount
s.073
Reduction of housing benefit
s.073
Exception to the benefit cap: current or recent work
s.073
Exception to the benefit cap: receipt of specified benefit
s.073
Interpretation
s.073
Specified accommodation
s.074
Date on which entitlement is to commence
s.075
Date on which housing benefit is to end
s.076
Date on which housing benefit is to end where entitlement to severe disablement allowance or incapacity benefit ceases
s.077
Date on which change of circumstances is to take effect
s.078
Calculation of weekly amounts
s.079
Rent and rate-free periods
s.080
Who may claim
s.081
Time and manner in which claims are to be made
s.081
Electronic claims for benefit
s.083
Amendment and withdrawal of claim
s.084
Duty to notify changes of circumstances
s.084
Notice of change of circumstances given electronically
s.085
Decisions by a relevant authority
s.086
Notification of decisions
s.087
Time and manner of payment
s.088
Circumstances in which a rate rebate may be treated as if it fell to be paid as a rent allowance
s.089
Frequency of payment of a rent allowance
s.090
Payment on account of a rent allowance
s.091
Payment to be made to a person entitled
s.092
Circumstances in which payment is to be made to a landlord or the Department of Finance and Personnel
s.093
Circumstances in which payment may be made to a landlord or the Department of Finance and Personnel
s.095
Offsetting
s.096
Meaning of overpayment
s.097
Recoverable overpayments
s.098
Person from whom recovery may be sought
s.099
Method of recovery
s.100
Diminution of capital
s.101
Sums to be deducted in calculating recoverable overpayments
s.101
Sums to be deducted in calculating recoverable overpayments where the claimant has changed dwelling
s.102
Recovery of overpayments from prescribed benefits
s.103
Prescribed benefits
s.103
Recovery by deduction from earnings
s.104
Restrictions on recovery of rent and consequent modifications
s.104
Interpretation
s.104
Collection of information
s.104
Verifying information
s.104
Recording and holding information
s.104
Forwarding of information
s.104
Request for information
s.105
Interpretation
s.106
Requiring information
s.107
Circumstances for requiring information
s.108
Relevant information
s.109
Manner of supply of information
s.110
Criminal offence
s.reg.a14
When a maximum rent (social sector) is to be determined
s.reg.b14
Determination of a maximum rent (social sector)
Schedules
Schedules
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s.sch001
Ineligible service charges
s.sch001
Amount ineligible for meals
s.sch001
Amount of ineligible charges
s.sch001
Excessive service costs
s.sch001
A service charge for fuel except a charge in respect...
s.sch001
(1) Where a charge is ineligible to be met by...
s.sch001
(1) Where rent is payable other than weekly, any amount...
s.sch001
In this Schedule— “communal areas” means any area (other than...
s.sch002
Significantly high rents
s.sch002
One bedroom or room suitable for living in shall be...
s.sch002
One additional bedroom is allowed where on the application for...
s.sch002
Two additional bedrooms are allowed where sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)...
s.sch002
The number of rooms (excluding any allowed under paragraph 10)...
s.sch002
Houseboats
s.sch002
Mobile homes
s.sch002
Rental purchase agreements
s.sch002
In this Schedule— “uncontrolled tenancy” means a tenancy which is...
s.sch002
Size and rent
s.sch002
Exceptionally high rents
s.sch002
Local reference rents
s.sch002
Single room rents
s.sch002
Claim-related rent
s.sch002
Ineligible charges and support charges
s.sch002
Housing associations etc.
s.sch002
(1) The Executive shall decide the indicative rent level for...
s.sch003
An excluded tenancy is any tenancy to which any of...
s.sch003
(1) Subject to the following sub-paragraphs, where the Executive has...
s.sch003
This paragraph applies where the landlord is a registered housing...
s.sch003
This paragraph applies to a tenancy which is a controlled...
s.sch003
(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) this paragraph applies...
s.sch003
In this Schedule expressions have the same meaning as in...
s.sch004
Pensioner premium for persons 75 and over
s.sch004
Higher pensioner premium
s.sch004
Disability premium
s.sch004
Additional condition for the disability premium
s.sch004
Severe disability premium
s.sch004
Enhanced disability premium
s.sch004
Disabled child premium
s.sch004
Carer premium
s.sch004
Persons in receipt of concessionary payments
s.sch004
Person in receipt of benefit
s.sch004
For the purposes of paragraph 1 a claimant is entitled...
s.sch004
(1) Subject to paragraph 22, the claimant is entitled to...
s.sch004
Subject to paragraph 22, the claimant is entitled to one,...
s.sch004
(1) The claimant has no entitlement under paragraph ... 24...
s.sch004
The work-related activity component
s.sch004
The support component
s.sch004
The amount of the work-related activity component is £29∙05.
s.sch004
The amount of the support component is £50.35 .
s.sch004
(1) The claimant is entitled to the transitional addition calculated...
s.sch004
(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) the claimant’s entitlement to...
s.sch004
(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) the claimant’s entitlement to...
s.sch004
(1) Subject to paragraph 31, the amount of the transitional...
s.sch004
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), where there is a change...
s.sch005
In the case of a claimant who has been engaged...
s.sch005
In a case to which none of the paragraphs 3...
s.sch005
(1) Where— (a) the claimant (or if the claimant is...
s.sch005
Any amount or the balance of any amount which would...
s.sch005
Where a claimant is on universal credit, income support ,...
s.sch005
Any earnings derived from employment which are payable in a...
s.sch005
Where a payment of earnings is made in a currency...
s.sch005
Any earnings of a child or young person.
s.sch005
In this Schedule “part-time employment” means employment in which the...
s.sch005
(1) In a case where the claimant is a person...
s.sch005
In the case of a claimant who, before the first...
s.sch005
In the case of a claimant who has been engaged...
s.sch005
(1) In a case to which this paragraph applies and...
s.sch005
In a case where the claimant is a lone parent,...
s.sch005
(1) In a case to which neither paragraph 3 nor...
s.sch005
Where the carer premium is awarded in respect of a...
s.sch005
In a case where paragraphs 3, 5, 6 and 8...
s.sch005
(1) In a case where paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and...
s.sch005
Where the claimant is engaged in one or more employments...
s.sch006
Any amount paid by way of tax on income which...
s.sch006
Any attendance allowance.
s.sch006
Any payment to the claimant as holder of the Victoria...
s.sch006
(1) Any payment by way of an education maintenance allowance...
s.sch006
(1) Any payment made pursuant to section 1 or 3...
s.sch006
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any of the following payments—...
s.sch006
Any of the following, namely— (a) a war disablement pension;...
s.sch006
subject to paragraph 35, £10 of a pension paid by...
s.sch006
Subject to paragraph 35, £15 of any—
s.sch006
(1) Any income derived from capital to which the claimant...
s.sch006
Where a claimant receives income under an annuity purchased with...
s.sch006
Any payment in respect of any expenses incurred or to...
s.sch006
Where the claimant makes a parental contribution in respect of...
s.sch006
(1) Where the claimant is the parent of a student...
s.sch006
Any payment made to the claimant by a child or...
s.sch006
Where the claimant occupies a dwelling as his home and...
s.sch006
(1) Any income in kind, except where regulation 37(8)(b) applies....
s.sch006
Any income which is payable in a country outside the...
s.sch006
(1) Any payment made to the claimant in respect of...
s.sch006
Any payment made by— (a) an authority, as defined in...
s.sch006
Any payment made to the claimant or his partner for...
s.sch006
Any payment made by an authority, as defined in Article...
s.sch006
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment (or part of...
s.sch006
Any payment in respect of expenses arising out of the...
s.sch006
In the case of employment as an employed earner, any...
s.sch006
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment received under an...
s.sch006
Any payment of income which by virtue of regulation 43...
s.sch006
Any social fund payment made pursuant to Part VIII of...
s.sch006
Any local welfare provision.
s.sch006
Any payment under Part X of the Act (Christmas bonus...
s.sch006
Where a payment of income is made in a currency...
s.sch006
The total of a claimant’s income or, if he is...
s.sch006
Any payment made under the legislation of, or under a...
s.sch006
(1) Any payment made under or by the Macfarlane Trust,...
s.sch006
Any payment made under arrangements made by the Department to...
s.sch006
Any payment made under arrangements made by the Department to...
s.sch006
Where a claimant is on universal credit, income support ,...
s.sch006
Any resettlement benefit paid to the claimant by virtue of...
s.sch006
Any payment to a juror or witness in respect of...
s.sch006
Any community charge benefit.
s.sch006
Any payment in consequence of a reduction of council tax...
s.sch006
(1) Where the claimant occupies a dwelling as his home...
s.sch006
Any special war widows payment made under—
s.sch006
(1) Any payment or repayment made under regulation 5, 6...
s.sch006
Any payment made to such persons entitled to receive benefits...
s.sch006
Any payment made under a scheme established by the Northern...
s.sch006
(1) Where a claimant’s family includes at least one child...
s.sch006
(1) Any payment of child maintenance made or derived from...
s.sch006
Where the claimant is a member of a joint-claim couple...
s.sch006
Any payment made by the Department to compensate a person...
s.sch006
Any payment (other than a training allowance) made, whether by...
s.sch006
Any guardian’s allowance.
s.sch006
Any council tax benefit.
s.sch006
(1) If the claimant is in receipt of any benefit...
s.sch006
Any supplementary pension under Article 23(2) of the Naval, Military...
s.sch006
In the case of a pension awarded at the supplementary...
s.sch006
(1) Any payment which is— (a) made under any of...
s.sch006
Except in a case which falls under sub-paragraph (1) of...
s.sch006
Any payment made under regulations made under section 8 of...
s.sch006
In the case of housing benefit which was in the...
s.sch006
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), in respect of a person...
s.sch006
(1) Any payment of a sports award except to the...
s.sch006
Any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of...
s.sch006
Any payment made by the Executive to or on behalf...
s.sch006
(1) £1.20 in relation to each week in which child...
s.sch006
Any payment of child benefit.
s.sch006
Any bereavement support payment under section 29 of the Pensions...
s.sch006
Any early years assistance given in accordance with section 32...
s.sch006
Any payment of carer’s allowance supplement made under section 81...
s.sch006
Any funeral expense assistance given in accordance with section 34...
s.sch006
Any disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under...
s.sch006
Any armed forces independence payment , disability living allowance or...
s.sch006
Any short-term assistance given in accordance with regulations made under...
s.sch006
Any amount of carer support payment that is in excess...
s.sch006
Any Scottish carer supplement given in accordance with the Carer’s...
s.sch006
Any carer additional person payment given in accordance with the...
s.sch006
Any concessionary payment made to compensate for the non-payment of—...
s.sch006
Any mobility supplement under article 20 of the Naval, Military...
s.sch006
Any payment made to the claimant in respect of any...
s.sch007
The dwelling occupied as the home but, notwithstanding regulation 22,...
s.sch007
Any sum— (a) paid to the claimant in consequence of...
s.sch007
Any sum— (a) deposited with a housing association as a...
s.sch007
Any personal possessions except those which have been acquired by...
s.sch007
The value of the right to receive any income under...
s.sch007
Any ex-gratia payment made to a qualifying Equitable Life annuitant...
s.sch007
Where the funds of a trust are derived from a...
s.sch007
(1) Any payment made to the claimant or the claimant’s...
s.sch007
The value of the right to receive any income under...
s.sch007
The value of the right to receive any income which...
s.sch007
The surrender value of any policy of life insurance.
s.sch007
Where any payment of capital falls to be made by...
s.sch007
Any premises or land acquired for occupation by the claimant...
s.sch007
Any payment made by an authority, as defined in Article...
s.sch007
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any payment (or part of...
s.sch007
Any social fund payment made pursuant to Part VIII of...
s.sch007
Any local welfare provision.
s.sch007
Any refund of tax which falls to be deducted under...
s.sch007
Any capital which by virtue of regulation 38 or 61...
s.sch007
Where any payment of capital is made in a currency...
s.sch007
(1) Any payment made under or by the Macfarlane Trust,...
s.sch007
Where a claimant has ceased to occupy what was formerly...
s.sch007
Any premises or land where the claimant is taking reasonable...
s.sch007
Any premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his...
s.sch007
Any premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his...
s.sch007
Any sum directly attributable to the proceeds of sale of—...
s.sch007
Any payment made under arrangements made by the Department to...
s.sch007
Any payment made under arrangements made by the Department to...
s.sch007
The value of the right to receive an occupational or...
s.sch007
The value of any funds held under a personal pension...
s.sch007
The value of the right to receive any rent except...
s.sch007
Any payment in kind which is a Grenfell Tower payment...
s.sch007
Any payment made pursuant to section 1 of the 1950...
s.sch007
Any community charge benefit.
s.sch007
Any payment in consequence of a reduction of council tax...
s.sch007
Any grant made in Great Britain to the claimant in...
s.sch007
Any premises occupied in whole or in part as his...
s.sch007
Any arrears of supplementary pension which is disregarded under paragraph...
s.sch007
(1) Any payment or repayment made under regulation 5, 6...
s.sch007
Any payment made to such persons entitled to receive benefits...
s.sch007
Any payment made under Part 8A of the Act (entitlement...
s.sch007
Any payment made under a scheme established by the Northern...
s.sch007
Any payment (other than a training allowance) made, whether by...
s.sch007
(1) Any sum of capital to which sub-paragraph (2) applies...
s.sch007
Any payment to the claimant as holder of the Victoria...
s.sch007
The amount of any child maintenance bonus payable by way...
s.sch007
In the case of a person who is receiving, or...
s.sch007
(1) Any payment of a sports award for a period...
s.sch007
Where a claimant is on universal credit, income support ,...
s.sch007
(1) Any payment by way of an education maintenance allowance...
s.sch007
Where an ex-gratia payment of £10,000 has been made by...
s.sch007
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the amount of any trust...
s.sch007
The amount of any payment, other than a war pension...
s.sch007
Any payment made by the Executive to or on behalf...
s.sch007
Any payment made under regulations made under section 8 of...
s.sch007
Any payment made to the claimant pursuant to regulations under...
s.sch007
Any payment made to the claimant in accordance with regulations...
s.sch007
Where an ex-gratia payment has been made by the Secretary...
s.sch007
(1) Any bereavement support payment in respect of the rate...
s.sch007
Where the claimant is a member of a joint-claim couple...
s.sch007
Any payment made under or by a trust, established for...
s.sch007
Any early years assistance given in accordance with section 32...
s.sch007
Any funeral expense assistance given in accordance with section 34...
s.sch007
Any assistance given in accordance with the Carer’s Assistance (Young...
s.sch007
Any winter heating assistance given in accordance with regulations made...
s.sch007
Any future interest in property of any kind, other than...
s.sch007
(1) The assets of any business owned in whole or...
s.sch007
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any arrears of, or any...
s.sch007
(1) A payment made to rectify, or to compensate for,...
s.sch007
A payment to the person made by the Department as...
s.sch007
Any payment of a widowed parent’s allowance made pursuant to...
s.sch007
Any payment made to the claimant in respect of any...
s.sch008
The conditions prescribed in this paragraph are that the Department...
s.sch008
Movers with 2 homes
s.sch008
Where for any week— (a) a person is entitled to...
s.sch008
In this Schedule— “claimant” means a person claiming an extended...
s.sch008
The conditions prescribed in this paragraph are that the claimant...
s.sch008
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph and...
s.sch008
Movers
s.sch008
Movers and rent allowances
s.sch008
Movers and rent and rate rebates
s.sch008
Movers and extended payments
s.sch008
Maximum Housing Benefit
s.sch008
Movers and rates rebate
s.sch009
Condition for an extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit)
s.sch009
Adjustment of entitlement in respect of an extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit)
s.sch009
Interpretation
s.sch009
Calculation and payment of an extended payment (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit)
s.sch009
Movers
s.sch009
Movers and rent allowances
s.sch009
Movers and rent and rate rebates
s.sch009
Movers and extended payments (severe disablement allowance and incapacity benefit)
s.sch009
Maximum housing benefit
s.sch009
Movers and rate rebates
s.sch009
Movers with 2 homes
s.sch010
The statement of matters to be included in any decision...
s.sch010
Where a person is not on income support , an...
s.sch010
Where a decision has been made under regulation 92 or...
s.sch010
In this Schedule, “landlord” has the same meaning as in...
s.sch010
Where an authority makes a decision under regulation 23 the...
s.sch010
Where a person is not awarded housing benefit—
s.sch010
(1) Where the appropriate authority makes a decision that there...
s.sch010
(1) This Part applies in a case where a decision...
s.sch010
Every decision notice shall include a statement as to the...
s.sch010
Every decision notice shall include a statement as to the...
s.sch010
Every decision notice following an application for a revision in...
s.sch010
Every decision notice following an application for a revision in...
s.sch010
An authority may include in the decision notice any other...
s.sch010
Parts II, III and VI shall apply only to the...
s.sch010
Where a decision notice is given following a revision of...
s.sch010
Where a person on income support , an income-based jobseeker’s...
s.sch011
Interpretation
s.sch011
Conditions for the use of electronic communication
s.sch011
Use of intermediaries
s.sch011
Effect of delivering information by means of electronic communication
s.sch011
Proof of identity of sender or recipient of information
s.sch011
Proof of delivery of information
s.sch011
Proof of content of information
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