The Council Tax (Deductions from Income Support) Regulations 1993

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Council Tax (Deductions from Income Support) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992(1);

“adjudication officer” means an officer appointed in accordance with section 38(1) of the Administration Act;

“application” means an application made under regulation 2 or regulation 3 containing the information specified in regulation 4;

“appropriate appeal court” means the appropriate court as determined in accordance with regulation 10(9) and 10(10);

“authority” means—

“benefit week” has the meaning prescribed by regulation 2(1) of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(2);

“Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987(3);

“Commissioner” means the Chief or any other Social Security Commissioner appointed in accordance with section 52(1) or (2) of the Administration Act, and includes a Tribunal of three Commissioners constituted in accordance with section 57(1) of that Act;

“debtor”—

“5 per cent. of the personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25” means, where the percentage is not a multiple of 5 pence, the sum obtained by rounding that 5 per cent. to the next higher such multiple;

“income support” means income support within the meaning of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(4);

“the Local Government Finance Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992;

“personal allowance for a single claimant aged not less than 25” means the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of column 2 of Schedule 2 to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987(5);

“social security office” means an office of the Department of Social Security which is open to the public for the receipt of claims for income support and includes an office of the Department of Employment which is open to the public for the receipt of claims for unemployment benefit;

“tribunal”, except in relation to a Tribunal of three Commissioners, means a social security appeal tribunal constituted in accordance with section 41 of the Administration Act.

(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule bearing that number in these Regulations and any reference in a regulation or Schedule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation or Schedule having that number.