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The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Default Scheme) (England) Regulations 2012

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21.—(1) Subject to paragraph 22 any amount paid—

(a)by way of arrears of benefit;

(b)by way of compensation for the late payment of benefit;

(c)in lieu of the payment of benefit;

(d)to rectify, or compensate for, an official error, as defined for the purposes of paragraph 22, being an amount to which that paragraph does not apply;

(e)by a local authority out of funds provided under either section 93 of the Local Government Act 2000(1) under a scheme known as “Supporting People” or section 91 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1), “benefit” means—

(a)attendance allowance under section 64 of the Act;

(b)disability living allowance;

(c)personal independence payment;

(d)an AFIP;

(e)income support;

(f)income-based jobseeker’s allowance;

(g)state pension credit;

(h)housing benefit;

(i)council tax benefit;

(j)child tax credit;

(k)an increase of a disablement pension under section 104 of the SSCBA (increase where constant attendance is needed), and any further increase of such a pension under section 105 of the Act (increase for exceptionally severe disablement);

(l)any amount included on account of the applicant’s exceptionally severe disablement or need for constant attendance in a war disablement pension or a war widow’s or widower’s pension;

(m)any discretionary housing payment paid pursuant to regulation 2(1) of the Discretionary Financial Assistance Regulations 2001;

(n)working tax credit; or

(o)income-related employment and support allowance.

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