Tax Credits Act 2002 section 58

Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (c 53)

Section 58 of Schedule 3 updates the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 to replace references to the old tax credits with the new tax credits when determining entitlement to home repair assistance.

• This paragraph amends section 77(1)(e) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, which deals with entitlement to home repair assistance.
• The old references to working families' tax credit and disabled person's tax credit are removed from the qualifying benefits list.
• The new qualifying benefits for home repair assistance include housing benefit, council tax benefit, any element of child tax credit other than the family element, or working tax credit.
• This ensures that individuals receiving the new tax credits can still qualify for home repair assistance in the same way as those who previously received the old-style tax credits.