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The Housing Benefit and Council tax Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1995

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I GENERAL

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

  3. PART II HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY

    1. 2.Interpretation of Part II

    2. 3.Amount of housing benefit subsidy

    3. 4.Rebates and allowances

    4. 5.Backdated benefit

    5. 6.Disproportionate rent increase

    6. 7.Treatment of high rents

    7. 8.Rent officers' determinations

    8. 9.Additions in respect of homeless and short lease cases

    9. 10.Other additions to housing benefit subsidy

    10. 11.Deductions to be made in calculating housing benefit subsidy in respect of rebates or allowances

    11. 12.Deduction from housing benefit subsidy

    12. 13.Additions to and deductions from housing benefit subsidy in respect of benefits savings

  4. PART III COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT SUBSIDY

    1. 14.Interpretation of Part III

    2. 15.Amount of council tax benefit subsidy

    3. 16.Council tax benefit

    4. 17.Backdated benefit

    5. 18.Additions to council tax benefit subsidy

    6. 19.Deductions to be made in calculating subsidy in respect of council tax benefit

    7. 20.Deduction from council tax benefit subsidy

    8. 21.Additions to and deductions from council tax benefit subsidy in respect of benefits savings

  5. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      CALCULATION OF HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS

      1. PART I GENERAL INTERPRETATION

        1. 1.(1) The additional sum which may be paid to an...

      2. PART II APPLICABLE AND FURTHER AMOUNTS

        1. 2.Housing benefit applicable amount

        2. 3.Further amount

      3. PART III SUPPLEMENTARY AMOUNT

        1. 4.Supplementary amount

        2. 5.Where the supplementary amount for an appropriate authority as calculated...

        3. 6.Where the total of the supplementary amounts calculated in accordance...

        4. 7.Where the supplementary amount for an appropriate authority as further...

        5. 8.Until such time as the aggregate of the authorities' supplementary...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      CALCULATION OF COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATION COSTS

      1. PART I GENERAL INTERPRETATION

        1. 1.(1) The additional sum which may be paid to an...

      2. PART II APPLICABLE AND FURTHER AMOUNTS

        1. 2.Council tax benefit applicable amount

        2. 3.Further amount

        3. 4.Calculation of applicable and further amounts

        4. 5.Where the total of all the housing benefit amounts calculated...

        5. 6.Where, in the case of an appropriate authority in England...

        6. 7.Until the council tax benefit amounts under this Part as...

      3. PART III SUPPLEMENTARY AMOUNT

        1. 8.Supplementary amount

        2. 9.Where the supplementary amount for an appropriate authority as calculated...

        3. 10.Where the total of the supplementary amounts calculated in accordance...

        4. 11.Where the supplementary amount for an appropriate authority as further...

        5. 12.Until such time as the aggregate of the authorities' supplementary...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES IN SCOTLAND

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      CALCULATION OF DEDUCTIONS FROM HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY AND COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF PERIOD OVERRUNS

      1. PART I GENERAL INTERPRETATION

        1. 1.In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires— “period overrun”...

      2. PART II DEDUCTIONS

        1. 2.The percentage referred to in article 4(3)(a) for an authority...

        2. 3.The percentage referred to in article 4(3)(b) for an authority...

        3. 4.The percentage referred to in article 16(2) for an appropriate...

      3. PART III CALCULATIONS AND TABLES

        1. 5.(1) In the heading to column 1 in the Table...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY ISPAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCESTABLE

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      RENT OFFICERS' DETERMINATIONS

      1. 1.Calculation of the appropriate amount

      2. 2.Rent officers' determination

      3. 3.Where the rent officer determines a property-specific rent, and does...

      4. 4.Rent offkers' property-specific and size-related rents

      5. 5.No restriction on unreasonable rents or on rent increases

      6. 6.Deductions in respect of allowances

      7. 7.Relevant date

      8. 8.Termination date

      9. 9.Apportionment

      10. 10.Interpretation

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      AMOUNT BY REFERENCE TO WHICH APPROPRIATE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS DETERMINED

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      BENEFIT SAVINGS

      1. PART I GENERAL INTERPRETATION

        1. 1.(1) The additions to or deductions from, as the case...

      2. PART II HOUSING BENEFIT SAVINGS

        1. 2.Addition to housing benefit subsidy

        2. 3.In the case of a relevant authority where the savings...

        3. 4.Deduction from housing benefit subsidy

      3. PART III COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT SAVINGS

        1. 5.Council tax benefit savings

        2. 6.In the case of an authority where the savings which...

        3. 7.Deduction from council tax benefit subsidy

      4. PART IV TABLE

        1. 8.The Table referred to in this Schedule is as follows:...

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      PRESCRIBED CASELOAD AND CLAIMS FIGURES

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      PRESCRIBED FIGURES FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE APPLICABLE AMOUNT

    11. SCHEDULE 11

  6. Explanatory Note

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