The Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1991
PART IGENERAL
1Citation, commencement and interpretation
PART IIHOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY
2Interpretation
3Amount of housing benefit subsidy
4Rebates and allowances
5Backdated payments
6Disproportionate rent increase
7Treatment of high rents
8Rent officers' determinations
9Treatment of certain residential accommodation
10Homeless cases
11Overpayment of rebates or allowances
12Addition to housing benefit subsidy
13Deductions to be made in calculating housing benefit subsidy in respect of rebates or allowances
14Modification of housing benefit subsidy on payments in excess of entitlement
PART IIICOMMUNITY CHARGE BENEFIT SUBSIDY
15Interpretation
16Amount of community charge benefit subsidy
17Community charge benefit
18Backdated benefit payments
19Excess community charge benefits
20Addition to community charge benefit subsidy
21Deductions to made in calculating subsidy in respect of community charge benefit
SCHEDULE 1CALCULATION OF HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATION COSTS
1The additional sum which may be paid to an authority...
2Housing benefit applicable amount
3Further amount
4Supplemantary amount
5(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), if the supplementary amount calculated...
6Where the total of the supplementary amounts calculated in accordance...
7If the supplementary amount as further calculated in accordance with...
8Until the aggregate of the authorities' supplementary amounts calculated under...
SCHEDULE 2CALCULATION OF COMMUNITY CHARGE BENEFIT SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF ADMINISTRATION COSTS
1The additional sum which may be paid to an appropriate...
2Community charge benefit applicable amount
3(1) If, in the case of an appropriate authority in...
4Where the total of all the housing benefit applicable amounts...
5(1) If, in the case of the appropriate authority in...
6Until the aggregate of the community charge benefit applicable amounts...
7Further amount
8Supplementary amount
9(1) If the supplementary amount calculated in accordance with paragraph...
10Where the total of the supplementary amounts calculated in accordance...
11If the supplementary amount as further calcuated in accordance with...
12Until the aggregate of the appropriate authorities' supplementary amounts calculated...
SCHEDULE 3MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES IN SCOTLAND
SCHEDULE 4THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED HOUSING BENEFIT SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCES
SCHEDULE 5RENT OFFICERS' DETERMINATIONS
1Calculation of the appropriate amount
2Rent officer’s reasonable market rent determination
3Subject to paragraph 7, where the rent officer determines a...
4Rent officer’s reasonable market rent and size determination
5Modification where determination is made as to size
6This paragraph applies where an authority has not considered it...
7Modification where rent is inclusive of domestic rates
8Failure to apply for a rent officer determination
9Relevant date
10Termination date
11Apportionment
12Interpretation
SCHEDULE 6AMOUNT BY REFERENCE TO WHICH APPROPRIATE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS DETERMINED
SCHEDULE 7PRESCRIBED CASELOAD FIGURES
SCHEDULE 8PRESCRIBED FIGURES FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE APPLICABLE AMOUNT
SCHEDULE 9AREA COST ADJUSTMENT FIGURES
SCHEDULE 10PRESCRIBED FIGURES FOR THE CALCULATION OF THE FURTHER AND SUPPLEMENTARY AMOUNTS

1991 No. 587

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES
HOUSING, SCOTLAND
SOCIAL SECURITY

The Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1991

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Social Security, with the consent of the Treasury1, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 30(2), (2ZA), (2A), (3), (11) and 31F(2) to (5A) of the Social Security Act 19862 and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 19753 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in accordance with section 61(7) of the Social Security Act 1986, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Order: