SOCIAL SECURITY PART 1 General Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2003 and shall come into force— a for the purposes of Parts 1 and 3, on 16th June 2003; and b for all other purposes on 6th October 2003 immediately after the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations 2003 . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 Amendment of Housing Benefit Regulations and Council Tax Benefit Regulations Housing Benefit Regulations and Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continuing payments where state pension credit claimed 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 Transitory Provisions Transitory provision 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extension of benefit period 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitory provision for rent officer referrals 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 Consequential and Transitional Provisions Application of this Part 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 2 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 7 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 11 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extended payments 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Change of circumstances 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time claims are made or treated as made 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 76 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 66 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 104 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 90 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 1A to the Housing Benefit Regulations 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 6 to the Housing Benefit Regulations and Schedule 6 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minor and consequential amendments 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provision 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provision for rent officer referrals 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 Application and Amendment of Other Provisions Amendment of regulation 10 of the Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1995 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 4 of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1997 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulations 7 and 8 of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Malcolm Wicks Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions