SCHEDULE

PART 2MODIFICATIONS OF SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION

Housing Benefit (Information from Landlords and Agents) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/2436)

9.  In regulation 4 of the Housing Benefit (Information from Landlords and Agents) Regulations 1997 (relevant information)–

(a)in paragraph (2)(d) omit the words “or is a recognised body”; and

(b)in paragraph (6)–

(i)for the definition of “charity” substitute–

“charity” means, in England and Wales, a charity which is registered under section 3 of the Charities Act 1993 and is not an exempt charity within the meaning of that Act, and in Scotland, a body entered in the Scottish Charity Register;; and

(ii)omit the definition of “recognised body”.