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) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force— a for the purposes of this regulation and regulation 30, on 6th April 2003; b for all other purposes, on 6th October 2003. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 Housing Benefit Housing Benefit Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modification of regulation 4 3A ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modification of regulation 5 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Persons from abroad 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applicable amounts 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 19 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Income and capital 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provisions which do not apply 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continuing payments where state pension credit claimed 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 63 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 Council Tax Benefit Council Tax Benefit Regulations 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modification of regulation 4 13A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Persons from abroad 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applicable amounts 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 11 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Income and capital 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provisions which do not apply 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 52 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continuing payments 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 Schedules Common to Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Application of Schedule 2 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 Consequential and Transitional Provisions Date on which change of circumstances takes effect 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time claims are made or treated as made 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Notification of change of circumstances 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Decisions 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendments relating to recovery of overpaid housing benefit or excess council tax benefit 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minor amendments 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001 28 In regulation 8 of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001 (date from which a decision superseding an earlier decision takes effect)— a in paragraph (2), for the words “in accordance with regulations 68 and 68A of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulations 59 and 59A of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations”, substitute “in accordance with regulations 68, 68A or 68B of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulations 59, 59A or 59B of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations”; b in paragraph (3), after “68A”, insert “or 68B” and after “59A”, insert “or 59B”. Transitional provision 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claims made before 6th October 2003 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Existing claimants 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malcolm Wicks Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions