The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and interpretation

3. PART II CLAIMS FOR AND PAYMENT OF SUBSIDY

   1. 2. Interpretation of Parts II and IV

   2. 3. Conditions for payment of subsidy

   3. 4. Requirement of claim

   4. 5. Requirement to keep records and provide information

   5. 6. Requirement of audit

   6. 7. Final condition for the payment of subsidy

   7. 8. In year instalments of subsidy

   8. 9. Payment of subsidy for the relevant year

   9. 10. Estimating subsidy

4. PART III CALCULATION OF SUBSIDY

   1. 11. Interpretation of Part III

   2. 12. Amount of subsidy

   3. 13. Relevant benefit

   4. 14. Backdated benefit

   5. 15. Disproportionate rent increase

   6. 16. Treatment of high rents in rent allowance cases

   7. 17. Subsidy in respect of homeless and short lease rebate cases

   8. 18. Additions to subsidy

   9. 19. Deductions to be made in calculating subsidy

   10. 20. Deduction from subsidy

   11. 21. Additions to and deductions from subsidy in respect of benefit savings

5. PART IV TRANSITIONAL AND SAVINGS

   1. 22. Provisions for claims for 1997/98

   2. 23. Transitional provisions in relation to rent officer determinations

   3. 24. Modifications of exemption from improvements rule

6. Signature

7. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      Sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      ADJUSTMENT FOR PRIORITISATION OF CLAIMS

      1. 1. General and interpretation

      2. 2. Housing benefit claims

      3. 3. This paragraph applies where an authority determines a claim to...

      4. 4. This paragraph applies where an authority does not determine a...

      5. 5. Council tax benefit claims

      6. 6. This paragraph applies where an authority determines a claim to...

      7. 7. This paragraph applies where an authority does not determine a...

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      CALCULATION OF DEDUCTIONS FROM 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 13(3)(a) for an authority...

         2. 3. The percentage referred to in article 13(3)(b) for an authority...

         3. 4. The percentage referred to in article 13(3)(c) for an authority...

      3. PART III CALCULATIONS AND TABLE

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

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      HIGH RENTS AND RENT ALLOWANCES

      1. PART I REGULATED TENANCIES

         1. 1. (1) In a case to which this Part applies, where...

      2. PART II RENT OFFICERS' DETERMINATIONS

         1. 2. Calculation of the appropriate amount

         2. 3. Rent officers' determinations

         3. 4. This Part also applies in a case where the dwelling...

         4. 5. This Part also applies in a case where a rent...

         5. 6. Except where paragraph 5 applies, this Part also applies in...

         6. 7. Rent officers' property-specific rent

         7. 8. (1) Where— (a) the rent officer determines a property-specific rent,...

         8. 9. Rent officers' property-specific and size-related rents

         9. 10. Restriction on unreasonable rents or on rent increases

         10. 11. Payments on account of rent allowance

         11. 12. Relevant date

         12. 13. Termination date

      3. PART III RECKONABLE RENT CASES

         1. 14. In a case where article 16(4)(a) applies—

         2. 15. In a case where article 16(4)(c) applies, the appropriate amount...

      4. PART IV GENERAL AND INTERPRETATION

         1. 16. Apportionment

         2. 17. Interpretation

      5. PART V THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCES

         1. 18. The Table referred to in paragraph 1 is— TABLE (1)...

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      BENEFIT SAVINGS

      1. 1. General and interpretation

      2. 2. Addition to subsidy

      3. 3. No addition or deduction

      4. 4. Deduction from subsidy

8. Explanatory Note