792.Section 68 gives effect to Schedule 7. The Schedule sets out the detail of the new provisions for decision-making and appeals in relation to local authority decisions on HB/CTB claims. The provisions of the Schedule are in the main self-contained, but the majority mirror provisions of the Social Security Act 1998 applying to decisions and appeals in the other social security benefits. The Schedule also amends the Social Security Administration Act 1992* (the “Administration Act”) so that powers concerning the requirement to provide evidence and information in relation to revising or superseding decisions are extended to HB/CTB, and makes minor amendments to Schedules 1 and 4 to the Social Security Act 1998 to include HB/CTB in provisions under those Schedules.
793.In particular, the Schedule:
	makes provision for the revision and supersession of local authority decisions;
	introduces a right of appeal from the local authority decision to an appeal tribunal (as constituted under the Social Security Act 1998);
	provides a right of appeal from a decision of the tribunal, on a point of law, to a Social Security Commissioner.
794.It is intended that regulations made under the powers in this Schedule would closely mirror decision-making provisions for other social security benefits which are contained in the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999, made under powers in the Social Security Act 1998. The regulations would also amend, where appropriate, the Social Security Commissioners (Procedure) Regulations 1999 to take account of HB/CTB.
Part III: Social Security Administration Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Commentary on Sections Section 68: Housing benefit and council tax benefit: revisions and appeals