818.This paragraph defines terms used in this Schedule, and provides for regulations to specify the circumstances in which a person is, or is not, to be considered as a person who is affected by any decision of a local authority. It also clarifies that decisions of persons authorised to carry out functions of, or providing services to, a local authority, are to be treated as decisions of that local authority for the purposes of this Schedule.
Part III: Social Security Administration Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Schedule 7 Paragraph 23: Interpretation