UK Statutory Instrument
1989
United Kingdom
The Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989
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Schedules
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Higher Pensioner Premium
Disability Premium
Additional Condition for the Higher Pensioner and Disability Premiums
Severe Disability Premium
Disabled Child Premium
Carer premium
Persons in receipt of concessionary payments
Person in receipt of benefit for another
Lone Parent Premium
Pensioner Premium for persons under 75
In the case of a claimant who has been engaged...
Where a claimant is on income support, his earnings.
Any earnings derived from employment which are payable in a...
Where a payment of earnings is made in a currency...
Any earnings of a child or young person except earnings...
In the case of earnings of a young person who...
In this Schedule “part-time employment” means employment in which the...
In the case of a claimant who has been engaged...
(1) In a case to which this paragraph applies, £15;...
If an amount by way of a lone parent premium...
In a case where paragraph 3 does not apply to...
(1) In a case to which neither paragraph 3 nor...
Where the claimant is engaged in one or more employments...
In a case to which none of the paragraphs 3...
Any amount or the balance of any amount which would...
Any amount paid by way of tax on income which...
Any sum in respect of a course of study attended...
In the case of a claimant participating in arrangements for...
Any Job Start Allowance payable under section 2(1) of the...
(1) Except where sub-paragraph (2) applies and subject to sub-paragraph...
Subject to paragraph 34, £10 of any of the following,...
(1) Any income derived from capital to which the claimant...
Where a claimant receives income under an annuity purchased with...
Where the claimant makes a parental contribution in respect of...
(1) Where the claimant is the parent of a student...
Any payment made to the claimant by a child or...
Any payment in respect of any expenses incurred by a...
Where the claimant occupies a dwelling as his home which...
Where the claimant occupies a dwelling as his home which...
Any income in kind.
Any income which is payable in a country outside the...
(1) Any payment made to the claimant in respect of...
Any payment made by a local authority to the claimant...
Any payment made by a health authority, local authority or...
Any payment made by a local authority in accordance with...
An amount equal to any maintenance payment made by the...
Any payment received under an insurance policy taken out to...
In the case of employment as an employed earner, any...
Any payment of income which by virtue of regulation 30...
Any social fund payment made pursuant to Part III of...
Any payment under paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the...
Where a payment of income is made in a currency...
The total of claimant’s income or, if he is a...
(1) Any payment made under the Macfarlane Trust, the Macfarlane...
Any housing benefit.
Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate...
Any payment by the Secretary of State to compensate for...
Any resettlement benefit which is paid to the claimant by...
Where a claimant is on income support, the whole of...
Any payment to a juror or witness in respect of...
Any payment in consequence of a reduction of a personal...
Any special war widows payment made under—
(1) Any payment or repayment made —
Any payment made under regulation 9 to 11 or regulation...
Any payment made by either the Secretary of State for...
(1) Where a claimant’s applicable amount includes an amount by...
Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate...
Any payment (other than a training allowance) made, whether by...
Any mobility allowance under section 37A of the Social Security...
Any concessionary payment made to compensate for the non-payment of–...
Any mobility supplement under article 26A of the Naval, Military...
Any attendance allowance.
Any payment to the claimant as holder of the Victoria...
The dwelling together with any garage, garden and outbuildings, normally...
Any sum– (a) deposited with a housing association as defined...
Any personal possessions except those which have been acquired by...
The value of the right to receive any income under...
Where the funds of a trust are derived from a...
The value of the right to receive any income under...
The value of the right to receive any income which...
The surrender value of any policy of life insurance.
Where any payment of capital falls to be made by...
Any payment made by a local authority in accordance with...
Any social fund payment made pursuant to Part III of...
Any premises acquired for occupation by the claimant which he...
Any refund of tax which falls to be deducted under...
Any capital which by virtue of regulation 24 or 42A...
Where any payment of capital is made in a currency...
(1) Any payment made under the Macfarlane Trust, the Macfarlane...
(1) Where a claimant has ceased to occupy what was...
Any premises where the claimant is taking reasonable steps to...
Any premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his...
Any premises which the claimant intends to occupy as his...
Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate...
Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate...
Any sum directly attributable to the proceeds of sale of...
The value of the right to receive an occupational or...
The value of the right to receive any rent.
Any payment in kind made by a charity or under...
Any payment not exceeding £200 made under section 2 of...
Any housing benefit.
Any payment in consequence of a reduction of a personal...
Any grant made in accordance with a scheme made under...
Any arrears of special war widows payment which is disregarded...
(1) Any payment or repayment made —
Any payment made under regulation 9 to 11 or regulation...
Any premises occupied in whole or in part–
Any payment made either by the Secretary of State for...
Any payment made by the Secretary of State to compensate...
Any payment (other than a training allowance, or a training...
Any payment made by a local authority under section 3...
Where a claimant is on income support, the whole of...
Any reversionary interest.
The assets of any business owned in whole or in...
Any arrears of, or any concessionary payment made to compensate...
Any sum– (a) paid to the claimant in consequence of...
The statement of matters to be included in any notice...
Where a person is not on income support but is...
Where a claimant has requested or consented to benefit in...
Where a person is not awarded community charge benefit–
Except in cases to which paragraphs (a) to (d) of...
Every notice of determination shall include a statement as to...
Every notice of determination shall include a statement as to...
Every notice of determination following written representations in accordance with...
Every notice of determination following written representations in accordance with...
An authority may include in the notice of determination any...
Parts II, III and IV of this Schedule shall apply...
Where a notice of determination is given following a review...
Where a person on income support is awarded community charge...
A Review Board appointed by an authority listed in column...
The members of a Review Board shall appoint one of...
Average weekly earnings of employed earners
- Provide earnings estimate for employee's benefit claim when requested
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Citation and commencement
The amounts specified in column (2) below in respect of...
Interpretation
The amounts specified in column (2) below in respect of...
Remunerative work
The amount for the purposes of regulations 7(c) and 8(d)...
Persons of prescribed description
Except as provided in paragraph 5, the premiums specified in...
Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as responsible or not responsible for another
Subject to paragraph 6, where a claimant satisfies the conditions...
Circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household
(1) The severe disability premium to which paragraph 14 applies...
Applicable amounts
(1) Subject to sub-para-graph (2), for the purposes of this...
Polygamous marriages
Patients
Calculation of income and capital of members of claimant’s family and of a polygamous marriage
Amendment of section 31B(6) of
Calculation of income on a weekly basis
Average weekly earnings of self-employed earners
Average weekly income other than earnings
Calculation of weekly income
Disregard of changes in tax, contributions etc
Earnings of employed earners
Calculation of net earnings of employed earners
Earnings of self-employed earners
Calculation of net profit of self-employed earners
Deduction of tax and contributions for self-employed earners
Calculation of income other than earnings
Capital treated as income
Notional income
Modifications in respect of child and young person
Capital limit
Calculation of capital
Disregard of capital of child or young person
Income treated as capital
Calculation of capital in the United Kingdom
Calculation of capital outside the United Kingdom
Notional Capital
Diminishing notional capital rule
Capital jointly held
Calculation of tariff income from capital
Interpretation
Treatment of students
Calculation of grant income
Calculation of covenant income where a contribution is assessed
Covenant income where no grant income or no contribution is assessed
Relationship with amounts to be disregarded under Schedule 3
Other amounts to be disregarded
Treatment of student loans
Disregard of contribution
Income treated as capital
Disregard of changes occurring during summer vacation
Maximum community charge benefit
Entitlement to more than one community charge benefit
Community charge benefits taper
Amount of community charge benefits for members of a couple
Amount of community charge benefits for members of a polygamous marriage
Amount of community charge benefits for partners of registered students
Minimum community charge benefit
Date on which entitlement is to begin
Benefit period
Date on which benefit period is to end
Date on which change of circumstances is to take effect
Rounding of fractions
Increases of weekly amounts for exceptional circumstances
Who may claim
Time and manner in which claims are to be made
Evidence and information
Amendment and withdrawal of claim
Duty to notify changes of circumstances
Who is to make a determination
Notification of determinations
Time and manner of making notifications, requests or representations
Review of determinations
Requests for statement of reasons
Further review of determinations
Procedure on further review
Decisions upon further review
Effect of revising a determination
Correction of accidental errors in determinations and decisions
Setting aside of determinations and decisions on certain grounds
Provisions common to regulations 73 and 74
Time and manner of granting community charge benefit in respect of personal community charges in Scotland
Time and manner of granting community charge benefit in respect of personal community charges in England and Wales
Time and manner of granting community charge benefit in respect of collective community charge contributions
Person to whom benefit is to be paid
Shortfall in benefits
Withholding of benefit
Payment on death of the person entitled
Offsetting
Meaning of excess benefits
Recoverable excess benefits
Authority by which recovery may be made
Person from whom recovery may be sought
Methods of recovery
Further provision as to recovery of excess benefits
Diminution of capital
Sums to be deducted in calculating recoverable excess benefits
Recovery of excess benefits from prescribed benefits
Information to be supplied by the Secretary of State to an appropriate authority
Information to be supplied by an appropriate authority to the Secretary of State
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