PART IIICommunity Charge Benefit Subsidy

Interpretation of Part III16

1

In this Part of this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “the Act” means the Social Security Act 198640;

  • “appropriate authority” means a charging authority to which section 31B(2) of the Act (arrangements for benefits) refers or, as the case may be, in Scotland, a levying authority to which section 31B(3) of the Act41 refers;

  • “community charge benefit subsidy” means subsidy under section 31F of the Act42;

  • “excess benefits” has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 83 of the Community Charge Benefits Regulations43;

  • “relevant year” means the year ending 31st March 1992;

  • “the Community Charge Benefits Regulations” means the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 198944,

and other expressions shall have the same meanings as in the Community Charge Benefits Regulations.

2

In this part of this Order “community charge benefit qualifying expenditure” means the total of community charge benefits allowed by the appropriate authority during the relevant year, less—

a

the deductions specified in article 22; and

b

where, under subsection (6) of section 31B of the Act45 (arrangements for community charge benefit), the appropriate authority has modified any part of the scheme administered by it, any amount by which the total of the community charge benefits which it granted under the scheme during the relevant year exceeds the total of those which it would have granted if the scheme had not been so modified.