The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

PART I REGULATED TENANCIES

1.—(1) In a case to which this Part applies, where any part of the qualifying expenditure of an authority, whose area is or lies within an area identified in column (1) of the Table in Part V, is attributable to any allowance granted in respect of a person whose weekly eligible rent exceeds the threshold specified in relation to that area in column (2) of that Table, the appropriate amount shall be calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2).

(2) Where the allowance granted—

(a) is the same as or is less than the excess of eligible rent over the threshold, the appropriate amount shall be 25 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

(b) is greater than the excess of the eligible rent over the threshold, the appropriate amount shall be the aggregate of 25 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance which is equal to the excess and 95 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the balance.