Substitution of references to “determination” and related references

4.  In the Housing Benefit Regulations—

(a)in regulation 5—

(i)in paragraph (6)(b) for “that claim has not yet been determined” there shall be substituted “no decision has yet been made on that claim”;

(ii)in paragraph (7)(a)(1) for “which has not yet been determined” there shall be substituted “in respect of which a decision has not yet been made”;

(b)in regulation 10A(2)—

(i)in the heading for “Determinations” there shall be substituted “Decisions”;

(ii)for “determination”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(c)in regulation 11(3)—

(i)in paragraphs (1) to (3A)(4), (4) to (7)(5), (11)(6) and (16)(7) for “determined”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decided”;

(ii)in paragraphs (1), (7) and (16) for “determination”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(iii)in paragraphs (5D) and (7) for “determining” there shall be substituted “deciding”;

(d)in regulation 11(1), as saved by regulation 16 of the Housing Benefit (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(8), for “determined” there shall be substituted “decided”;

(e)in regulation 12A(9)—

(i)in the heading for “determinations” there shall be substituted “decisions”;

(ii)in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) for “determination”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(iii)in paragraph (4) for “determining” there shall be substituted “deciding”;

(f)in regulation 72(4)(c)(10) for “date of determination of” there shall be substituted “date on which a decision was made on”;

(g)in regulation 74 for “determination”, in both places where that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(h)in regulation 75(1) for “its determination” there shall be substituted “a decision being made on it”;

(i)in the heading to Part XI for “Determination of” there shall be substituted “Decisions on”;

(j)in regulation 76—

(i)in the heading for “determination” there shall be substituted “decision”;

(ii)in paragraph (2) for “determine” there shall be substituted “make a decision on”;

(iii)in paragraph (3) for “Every claim shall be determined by the appropriate authority” there shall be substituted “The relevant authority shall make a decision on each claim”;

(k)in regulation 77(11)—

(i)in the heading for “determinations” there shall be substituted “decisions”;

(ii)in paragraph (1) for “determination”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(iii)in paragraph (4)(12)—

(aa)for “determination”, in the first place where that word appears, there shall be substituted “a decision”;

(bb)for “as to its determination of” there shall be substituted “for its decision on”;

(l)in regulation 91—

(i)in paragraph (1)(13) for “determine” there shall be substituted “make a decision on” and in sub-paragraph (b) for “determination”, in both places where that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(ii)in paragraph (2) for “subsequent determination” there shall be substituted “subsequent decision”;

(iii)in paragraph (3) for “subsequent determination” there shall be substituted “the basis of the subsequent decision”;

(m)in regulation 94(1A)(14) for “determination of” there shall be substituted “making of a decision on”;

(n)in regulation 97(1A)(15) for “determination” there shall be substituted “decision”;

(o)in regulation 98(a)(16) for “determined” there shall be substituted “decided”;

(p)in regulation 104(1)(b) and (3)(17) for “determination” there shall be substituted “decision”;

(q)in paragraph 10 of Schedule A1(18) and in the heading to that paragraph for “notice of determination” there shall be substituted “the decision notice”;

(r)in Schedule 1A(19)—

(i)in the heading to—

(aa)that Schedule, and

(bb)Part I of that Schedule,

for “Determinations” there shall be substituted “Decisions”;

(ii)for “determination”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(iii)for “determine”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decide”;

(iv)for “determines”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decides”;

(v)for “determined”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decided”;

(vi)in paragraph 3(4) for “determining” there shall be substituted “deciding”;

(s)in Schedule 1B(20)—

(i)subject to sub-paragraph (ii), for “determination”, wherever that word appears, there shall be substituted “decision”;

(ii)in paragraph 2(3)(c)(21) for “(size and rent determinations)” there shall be substituted “(size and rent)”.

(1)

Paragraph (7) was amended by regulation 3(e) of S.R. 1993 No. 145

(2)

Regulation 10A was inserted by regulation 6 of S.R. 1996 No. 111

(3)

Regulation 11 was substituted by regulation 7 of S.R. 1996 No. 111

(4)

Paragraph (3A) was substituted by regulation 4(a) of S.R. 2001 No. 79

(5)

Paragraphs (5A) to (5E) were inserted by regulation 5 of S.R. 1999 No. 416

(6)

Paragraph (11) was substituted by regulation 4(b) of S.R. 2001 No. 79

(7)

In paragraph (16) the definition of “claim-related rent” was inserted by regulation 4(4)(b) of S.R. 2000 No. 1 and the definition of “single room rent” was inserted by regulation 4(f) of S.R. 1996 No. 181

(8)

S.R. 1996 No. 111; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 Nos. 405 and 448, S.R. 1998 No. 324 and S.R. 1999 No. 416

(9)

Regulation 12A was inserted by regulation 9 of S.R. 1996 No. 111

(10)

Regulation 72(4)(c) was amended by regulation 13(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 334

(11)

Regulation 77 was numbered (1) by regulation 8(a) of S.R. 1988 No. 117

(12)

Paragraph (4) was added by regulation 9 of S.R. 1992 No. 141

(13)

Paragraph (1) was amended by regulation 13 of S.R. 1996 No. 111

(14)

Regulation 94(1A) was inserted by regulation 7(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 181

(15)

Regulation 97(1A) was inserted by regulation 2 of S.R. 2000 No. 265

(16)

Regulation 98 was substituted by regulation 5 of S.R. 1991 No. 176

(17)

Regulation 104 was substituted by regulation 5 of S.R. 2000 No. 265

(18)

Schedule A1 was inserted by regulation 6 of S.R. 1996 No. 448

(19)

Schedule 1A was inserted by regulation 15 of, and Schedule 1 to, S.R. 1996 No. 111 and relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 181 and S.R. 2000 No. 1

(20)

Schedule 1B was inserted by regulation 15 of S.R. 1996 No. 111; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 181 and S.R. 2001 No. 79

(21)

Paragraph 2(3)(c) was amended by regulation 7 of S.R. 1998 No. 81