The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2000

Notifications

13.—(1) In paragraph 9 of Part III of Schedule 1 (notifications)–

(a) for sub-paragraph (1), substitute–

“(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), the rent officer shall give notice to the local authority of–

(a) the claim-related rent determined under Part I;

(b) where the dwelling is not in a hostel, the total amount of ineligible charges determined under paragraph 6(3) in relation to that claim-related rent;

(c) whether that claim-related rent includes an amount which would be ineligible for housing benefit under paragraph 1(a)(i) of Schedule 1 to the 1987 Regulations (charges for meals);

(d) any rent determined by the rent officer under paragraph 4 (local reference rents); and

(e) any rent determined by the rent officer under paragraph 5 (single room rents).”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (2)–

(i) for “rent payable for the tenancy”, substitute “claim-related rent ”; and

(ii) omit “(and sub-paragraph (1) shall apply to such a notice as it applies to determinations)”; and

(c) omit sub-paragraph (3).

(2) In Part III of Schedule 1, omit paragraph 10.