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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Abolition of Benefit Periods) Amendment Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 5th April 2004.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the Act” means the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 ;
 “appropriate relevant authority” has the same meaning as in paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Act;
 “benefit period” has the same meaning as in regulation 66 of the Housing Benefit Regulations and regulation 57 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations as the case may be, as in force immediately before 5th April 2004;
 “the Council Tax Benefit Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 ;
 “Housing Act functions” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations;
 “relevant authority” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations;
 “the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 .
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SCHEDULE

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Short title Provision Relevant amendments
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992     
  Section 123(1)(d) and (e) Local Government Finance Act 1992 , Schedule 9, paragraph 1(1)
  Section 130(2) and (4) Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 3, Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 , Schedule 13, paragraph 174, Local Government Act 2000 , section 96
  Section 131(10) Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 4
  Section 135(1)  
  Section 136(3), (4) and (5)  
  Section 136A State Pension Credit Act 2002 , Schedule 2, paragraphs 1 and 3
  Section 137(1) and (2)(i)  
  Section 175(3), (4), (5) and (6) Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 10, Social Security Incapacity for Work Act 1994 , Schedule 1, paragraph 36, Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 , Schedule 3, paragraph 29
Social Security Administration Act 1992     
  Section 5(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (h), (i), (j) and (k) Social Security Act 1998 , Schedule 7, paragraph 79(1)
  Section 6(1)(a), (b), (d), (e), (h), (i), (k) and (l) Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 12(1)(a) and (b) and Schedule 14
  Section 75(2) and (4)  
  Section 76(1) and (2) Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 15 and Schedule 14, Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 Schedule 13, paragraph 175(3)
  Section 128A Jobseekers Act 1995 , section 28(2)
  Section 189(4), (5) and (7) Social Security Act 1998, Schedule 7, paragraph 109
  Section 191  
Housing Act 1996     
  Section 122(3) and (5)  
Social Security Act 1998    
  Section 34(1) to (3) State Pension Credit Act 2002, Schedule 2, paragraphs 40, 41
  Section 79(4) and (6)  
  Section 84  
Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000     
  Schedule 7, paragraph 4(4) and (6)  
  Schedule 7, paragraph 23(1)  