SOCIAL SECURITY PART 1 General Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 5th April 2004. 2 In these Regulations— “ the Act ” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 ; “ appropriate relevant authority ” has the same meaning as in paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Act; “ benefit period ” has the same meaning as in regulation 66 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 57 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations as the case may be, as in force immediately before 5th April 2004; “ the Council Tax Benefit Regulations ” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 ; “ Housing Act functions ” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations; “ relevant authority ” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations; “ the Housing Benefit Regulations ” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 . PART 2 Amendment of Housing Benefit Regulations and Council Tax Benefit Regulations Amendment of regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 2 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 7 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 11 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 21 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 13 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 21A of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 13A of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 22 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 14 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 23 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 15 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 24 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 16 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extended payments 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date on which an award of benefit is to end 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benefit period 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Change of circumstances 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time claims are made or treated as made 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 70 of the Housing Benefit Regulations 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 76 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 66 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 104 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 90 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 95 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 1A to the Housing Benefit Regulations 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Housing Benefit Regulations and Schedule 1 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit Regulations and Schedule 5 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 5A to the Housing Benefit Regulations and Schedule 5A to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Schedule 6 to the Housing Benefit Regulations and Schedule 6 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minor and consequential amendments 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 Transitional and Saving Provisions Transitional provision 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provision for rent officer referrals 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving provision for extended payments 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 Amendment of Other Provisions ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .