PART IIHousing Benefit Subsidy

Treatment of certain residential accommodation9

Where any part of an authority’s housing benefit qualifying expenditure is attributable to rebates or allowances granted under the 1982 Act to persons in respect of accommodation provided under—

a

sections 21 to 24 and 26 of the National Assistance Act 194825 (provision of accommodation); or

b

section 21(1) of and paragraph 1 or 2 of Schedule 8 to the National Health Service Act 197726 (prevention, care and after-care); or

c

section 59 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 196827 (provision of residential and other establishments) where board is available to the claimant,

for the purposes of article 4(1)(b)(ii), the appropriate amount for the relevant year shall be 90 per cent. of the housing benefit qualifying expenditure so attributable.