The Council Tax Benefit (Permitted Total) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 689

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Council Tax Benefit (Permitted Total) Order 1993

Made

10th March 1993

Coming into force

1st April 1993

Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with the Local Government Finance Act 1992 Schedule 9 paragraph 26 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 139(10) and 189(1) and (3) to (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned(2), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Council Tax Benefit (Permitted Total) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

(2) In this Order—

“council tax benefit” means council tax benefit under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(3);

“the Council Tax Benefit Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992(4).

Permitted total of benefit

2.  For the purpose of section 139(10) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the permitted total of council tax benefit for any year in relation to an authority shall be the amount obtained by deducting 100% of any increases in council tax benefit granted during that year by that authority under regulation 60 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (increases of weekly amounts for exceptional circumstances) from the total council tax benefit granted by that authority during that year and multiplying the resulting figure by 100.1%.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Alistair Burt

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department of Social Security

10th March 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order sets out the basis of calculating the permitted total of council tax benefit for any year for authorities granting such benefit under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and limits the amount by which council tax benefit payments may be increased on account of payments to claimants whose circumstances are exceptional.

(1)

1992 c. 5; section 139 was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraph 20.

(2)

See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 14).

(3)

Council tax benefit was substituted for community charge benefits in Part VII by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraph 1.

(4)

S.I. 1992/1814.