Section 63 of the M1 Rent Act 1977 (schemes for the appointment of rent officers) shall have effect subject to the amendments in Part I of Schedule 14 to this Act and after section 64 of that Act there shall be inserted the sections set out in Part II of that Schedule.
(1)The Secretary of State may by order require rent officers to carry out such functions as may be specified in the order in connection with housing benefit and rent allowance subsidy [F1and applications to which [F2section 31 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 applies]].
(2)An order under this section—
(a)shall be made by statutory instrument which, except in the case of the first order to be made, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament;
(b)may make different provision for different cases or classes of case and for different areas; and
(c)may contain such transitional, incidental and supplementary provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be desirable;
and the first order under this section shall not be made unless a draft of it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
(3)In subsection (7) of section 63 of the Rent Act 1977 (expenditure arising in connection with rent officers etc.), in paragraph (a) after the words “this section” there shall be inserted “or an order under section 121 of the Housing Act 1988”.
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[F4(7)In this section—
“housing benefit” means housing benefit under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; and
“rent allowance subsidy” has the meaning assigned to it by section 135 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words added by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61, SIF 75:1) for the purpose referred to in s. 110(3) of that 1989 Act
F2Words in s. 121(1) substituted (17.12.1996) by 1996 c. 53, s. 103, Sch. 1 para. 13; S.I. 1996/2842, art. 3
F3S. 121(4)-(6) repealed (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 3, 7(2), Sch. 1 (subject as mentioned (6.3.1992) in Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 118(5)(7) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))).
F4S. 121(7) substituted (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 104.