SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7E+W+S Housing benefit and council tax benefit: revisions and appeals

InterpretationE+W+S

23(1)In this Schedule—

• “the Administration Act” means the M1Social Security Administration Act 1992;

• “affected” shall be construed subject to any regulations under sub-paragraph (2);

• “appeal tribunal” means an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter I of Part I of the M2Social Security Act 1998;

• “the Chief Commissioner” means the Chief Social Security Commissioner;

• “Commissioner” means the Chief Commissioner or any other Social Security Commissioner, and includes a tribunal of three or more Commissioners constituted under paragraph 10(5);

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under this Schedule;

• “relevant authority” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(1);

• “relevant decision” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(2).

(2)Regulations may make provision specifying the circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated for the purposes of this Schedule as a person who is affected by any decision of a relevant authority.

(3)For the purposes of this Schedule any decision that is made or falls to be made—

(a)by a person authorised to carry out any function of a relevant authority relating to housing benefit or council tax benefit, or

(b)by a person providing services relating to housing benefit or council tax benefit directly or indirectly to a relevant authority,

shall be treated as a decision of the relevant authority on whose behalf the function is carried out or, as the case may be, to whom those services are provided.