F71SCHEDULE 1Sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy

Article 12(1)(b)

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F71

Sch. 1 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1243), art. 1(1), Sch. 1

Relevant Year 2018-2019

Local authority

Administration subsidy (£)

England

Adur

241,286

Allerdale

367,025

Amber Valley

441,524

Arun

572,229

Ashfield

521,084

Ashford

448,559

Aylesbury Vale

556,792

Babergh

259,632

Barking and Dagenham

1,434,452

Barnet

2,142,321

Barnsley

1,147,955

Barrow-in-Furness

278,797

Basildon

821,505

Basingstoke and Deane

579,075

Bassetlaw

430,048

Bath and North East Somerset

569,600

Bedford

699,739

Bexley

930,513

Birmingham

6,445,611

Blaby

232,996

Blackburn with Darwen

698,398

Blackpool

1,024,275

Bolsover

326,528

Bolton

1,340,144

Boston

324,281

Bournemouth

969,046

Bracknell Forest

416,580

Bradford

2,415,939

Braintree

521,837

Breckland

470,064

Brent

2,585,353

Brentwood

217,454

Brighton and Hove

1,480,480

Bristol

2,202,820

Broadland

302,137

Bromley

1,127,682

Bromsgrove

226,997

Broxbourne

426,593

Broxtowe

338,259

Burnley

493,515

Bury

737,877

Calderdale

969,969

Cambridge

452,852

Camden

1,846,590

Cannock Chase

381,855

Canterbury

539,931

Carlisle

400,022

Castle Point

290,802

Central Bedfordshire

754,923

Charnwood

453,166

Chelmsford

518,188

Cheltenham

409,814

Cherwell

467,896

Cheshire East

1,038,573

Cheshire West and Chester

1,152,734

Chesterfield

526,269

Chichester

393,435

Chiltern

245,362

Chorley

347,015

Christchurch

184,498

City of London

102,103

Colchester

658,647

Copeland

290,364

Corby

367,835

Cornwall

2,246,797

Cotswold

247,009

Coventry

1,589,703

Craven

158,618

Crawley

630,525

Croydon

2,014,096

Dacorum

601,618

Darlington

548,568

Dartford

367,048

Daventry

218,235

Derby

1,127,348

Derbyshire Dales

200,631

Doncaster

1,399,228

Dover

502,787

Dudley

1,361,757

Durham

2,521,494

Ealing

2,320,745

East Cambridgeshire

265,823

East Devon

415,788

East Dorset

242,805

East Hampshire

303,206

East Hertfordshire

414,387

East Lindsey

619,390

East Northamptonshire

266,660

East Riding of Yorkshire

1,054,254

East Staffordshire

394,312

Eastbourne

541,451

Eastleigh

368,238

Eden

139,375

Elmbridge

397,511

Enfield

2,337,351

Epping Forest

421,268

Epsom and Ewell

225,723

Erewash

446,224

Exeter

498,792

Fareham

271,325

Fenland

410,638

Folkestone and Hythe

506,711

Forest Heath

230,674

Forest of Dean

299,051

Fylde

265,576

Gateshead

1,129,205

Gedling

388,755

Gloucester

563,994

Gosport

397,043

Gravesham

449,843

Great Yarmouth

509,711

Greenwich

1,944,072

Guildford

403,426

Hackney

2,920,473

Halton

647,477

Hambleton

254,946

Hammersmith and Fulham

1,405,700

Harborough

187,334

Haringey

2,218,785

Harlow

530,320

Harrogate

389,746

Harrow

1,126,307

Hart

182,529

Hartlepool

606,002

Hastings

551,080

Havant

436,174

Havering

925,511

Herefordshire

659,368

Hertsmere

412,546

High Peak

308,092

Hillingdon

1,398,403

Hinckley and Bosworth

290,884

Horsham

344,449

Hounslow

1,268,762

Huntingdonshire

483,787

Hyndburn

418,766

Ipswich

689,025

Isle of Wight

624,728

Isles of Scilly

16,287

Islington

2,075,829

Kensington and Chelsea

1,210,275

Kettering

341,300

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk

521,624

Kingston upon Hull

1,712,061

Kingston upon Thames

629,009

Kirklees

1,772,576

Knowsley

942,802

Lambeth

2,705,472

Lancaster

506,307

Leeds

3,666,947

Leicester

1,822,906

Lewes

384,316

Lewisham

2,525,646

Lichfield

269,116

Lincoln

505,839

Liverpool

3,247,128

Luton

1,009,178

Maidstone

532,655

Maldon

186,176

Malvern Hills

247,778

Manchester

3,461,613

Mansfield

482,464

Medway

1,160,454

Melton

153,129

Mendip

384,062

Merton

847,545

Mid Devon

252,780

Mid Suffolk

241,409

Mid Sussex

349,977

Middlesbrough

1,001,328

Milton Keynes

1,230,381

Mole Valley

255,266

New Forest

484,957

Newark and Sherwood

397,660

Newcastle-under-Lyme

421,043

Newcastle upon Tyne

1,647,770

Newham

2,366,052

North Devon

376,297

North Dorset

214,839

North East Derbyshire

356,082

North East Lincolnshire

806,502

North Hertfordshire

443,461

North Kesteven

294,977

North Lincolnshire

654,301

North Norfolk

364,674

North Somerset

757,933

North Tyneside

1,001,682

North Warwickshire

217,138

North West Leicestershire

286,759

Northampton

890,224

Northumberland

1,232,692

Norwich

852,687

Nottingham

1,850,660

Nuneaton and Bedworth

530,177

Oadby and Wigston

155,572

Oldham

1,185,810

Oxford

675,589

Pendle

399,300

Peterborough

953,468

Plymouth

1,341,838

Poole

541,049

Portsmouth

1,262,869

Preston

637,152

Purbeck

166,513

Reading

859,069

Redbridge

1,273,034

Redcar and Cleveland

745,949

Redditch

354,896

Reigate and Banstead

430,890

Ribble Valley

131,401

Richmond upon Thames

605,101

Richmondshire

153,131

Rochdale

1,136,092

Rochford

223,731

Rossendale

272,934

Rother

328,807

Rotherham

1,204,407

Rugby

320,286

Runnymede

261,833

Rushcliffe

244,744

Rushmoor

393,286

Rutland

102,867

Ryedale

175,962

Salford

1,507,078

Sandwell

1,736,532

Scarborough

543,575

Sedgemoor

569,977

Sefton

1,244,795

Selby

253,494

Sevenoaks

350,155

Sheffield

2,665,051

Shropshire

923,110

Slough

808,051

Solihull

779,541

South Bucks

188,579

South Cambridgeshire

354,126

South Derbyshire

266,981

South Gloucestershire

823,554

South Hams

279,898

South Holland

290,485

South Kesteven

442,964

South Lakeland

253,313

South Norfolk

358,274

South Northamptonshire

190,661

South Oxfordshire

348,379

South Ribble

327,626

South Somerset

553,836

South Staffordshire

297,953

South Tyneside

1,008,597

Southampton

1,308,252

Southend-on-Sea

954,798

Southwark

2,391,682

Spelthorne

339,318

St Albans

397,850

St Edmundsbury

377,929

St Helens

852,020

Stafford

363,037

Staffordshire Moorlands

249,134

Stevenage

436,909

Stockport

981,278

Stockton-on-Tees

919,690

Stoke-on-Trent

1,308,594

Stratford-on-Avon

360,018

Stroud

350,680

Suffolk Coastal

357,229

Sunderland

1,641,010

Surrey Heath

221,534

Sutton

728,937

Swale

622,808

Swindon

791,655

Tameside

1,126,000

Tamworth

313,423

Tandridge

255,727

Taunton Deane

408,488

Teignbridge

441,574

Telford and Wrekin

867,833

Tendring

696,203

Test Valley

344,806

Tewkesbury

261,050

Thanet

825,152

Three Rivers

310,173

Thurrock

717,138

Tonbridge and Malling

389,805

Torbay

770,020

Torridge

265,044

Tower Hamlets

2,681,602

Trafford

807,840

Tunbridge Wells

360,948

Uttlesford

198,523

Vale of White Horse

336,628

Wakefield

1,566,003

Walsall

1,488,413

Waltham Forest

1,727,233

Wandsworth

1,930,410

Warrington

719,383

Warwick

388,650

Watford

455,042

Waveney

500,853

Waverley

349,300

Wealden

386,549

Wellingborough

326,370

Welwyn Hatfield

494,340

West Berkshire

459,927

West Devon

189,210

West Dorset

336,525

West Lancashire

402,728

West Lindsey

334,172

West Oxfordshire

303,585

West Somerset

167,930

Westminster

1,774,729

Weymouth and Portland

352,242

Wigan

1,255,260

Wiltshire

1,431,952

Winchester

325,062

Windsor and Maidenhead

419,615

Wirral

1,616,451

Woking

319,625

Wokingham

281,832

Wolverhampton

1,483,403

Worcester

416,349

Worthing

410,555

Wychavon

376,185

Wycombe

525,132

Wyre

428,623

Wyre Forest

426,754

York

612,740

Wales

Blaenau Gwent

405,972

Bridgend

640,740

Caerphilly

830,958

Cardiff

1,691,949

Carmarthenshire

705,779

Ceredigion

275,609

Conwy

512,856

Denbighshire

477,674

Flintshire

557,793

Gwynedd

467,999

Isle of Anglesey

292,564

Merthyr Tydfil

333,129

Monmouthshire

288,813

Neath Port Talbot

752,019

Newport

782,084

Pembrokeshire

492,960

Powys

425,306

Rhondda Cynon Taf

1,044,196

Swansea

1,117,376

Torfaen

491,387

Vale of Glamorgan

493,496

Wrexham

638,207

Scotland

Aberdeen

863,732

Aberdeenshire

751,442

Angus

473,076

Argyll and Bute

391,393

Clackmannanshire

307,558

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

146,400

Dumfries and Galloway

733,595

Dundee

1,045,436

East Ayrshire

665,988

East Dunbartonshire

299,193

East Lothian

371,948

East Renfrewshire

235,799

Edinburgh

2,132,817

Falkirk

695,792

Fife

1,707,621

Glasgow

4,626,765

Highland

868,562

Inverclyde

518,272

Midlothian

383,253

Moray

316,328

North Ayrshire

846,895

North Lanarkshire

1,717,206

Orkney

100,971

Perth and Kinross

524,135

Renfrewshire

954,565

Scottish Borders

526,080

Shetland

87,722

South Ayrshire

561,292

South Lanarkshire

1,435,713

Stirling

337,999

West Dunbartonshire

639,547

West Lothian

822,588.

F65SCHEDULE 1AAdditional amount of subsidy: Activities to reduce fraud and error

Article 12(1)(c)

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

InterpretationF651

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Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2014F652

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Baseline performanceF653

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Determination of out-performance percentagesF654

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SCHEDULE 1ZAAdditional amount of subsidy: Right Benefit Initiative

Article 12(1)(ba)

F68

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F72SCHEDULE 1ZBAdditional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service

Article 12(1)(bza)

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F72

Sch. 1ZB substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1243), art. 1(1), Sch. 2

Interpretation1

In this Schedule—

  • “relevant activities” means activities carried out by authorities receiving VEP alerts to administer those alerts;

  • “VEP alerts” means alerts given by the Secretary of State enabling authorities to identify changes in earnings and pensions so as to help prevent fraud and error relating to housing benefit.

Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 20192

The additional amount of subsidy for an authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2019 is the amount specified for that authority in the Housing Benefit Circular HB S10/2019 published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 3rd May 2019.

Use of amount paid under paragraph 23

An authority must use the additional amount received under paragraph 2 in connection with relevant activities.

F11SCHEDULE 2 ADJUSTMENT FOR PRIORITISATION OF CLAIMS

Article 12(b)

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F11

Sch. 2 omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/54) , arts. 1(1) , 4(2)

F11 General and interpretationF111

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F11 Housing benefit claimsF112

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F113

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F114

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F11 Council tax benefit claimsF115

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F116

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F117

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F14SCHEDULE 3 CALCULATION OF DEDUCTIONS FROM SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF PERIOD OVERRUNS

Article 13(3)

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F14

Sch. 3 omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/54) , arts. 1(1) , 4(3)

F14PART I GENERAL INTERPRETATION

F141

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F14PART II DEDUCTIONS

F142

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F143

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F144

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F14PART III CALCULATIONS AND TABLE

F145

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SCHEDULE 4 HIGH RENTS AND RENT ALLOWANCES

Articles 13(1) and 16

F15PART I REGULATED TENANCIES

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F15

Sch. 4 Pt. I omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/54) , arts. 1(1) , 4(4)(a)

F151

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PART II RENT OFFICERS’ DETERMINATIONS

Calculation of the appropriate amount2

The appropriate amount, in a case to which this Part applies, in respect of that part of the qualifying expenditure which is attributable to allowances granted for the period beginning on the relevant date and ending on the termination date, shall be calculated in accordance with F50paragraph 6, 7, 8 or 9 as appropriate.

Rent officers’ determinations3

Except in a case to which Part III applies, this Part applies where an authority applies to a rent officer for a determination to be made under the Rent Officers Order or the Rent Officers Order 1995 in relation to a dwelling and the officer makes such a determination.

4

This Part also applies in a case where the dwelling A is in a hostel and, by virtue of F18regulation 14(4) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 14(4) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (exemptions from requirement to refer to rent officers), an application for a determination in respect of that dwelling A is not required, because the dwelling is regarded as similar to dwelling B in that hostel in respect of which a determination has been made, and in such a case the determination made in respect of dwelling B shall, for the purposes of this Part, be treated as if it were a determination in respect of dwelling A.

5

This Part also applies in a case where a rent officer has made a determination in respect of a tenancy of a dwelling and by virtue of F19paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (cases with existing determinations) a new determination is not required in respect of another tenancy of the dwelling and in such a case the determination made shall, for the purposes of this Part, be treated as if it were a determination made in respect of that tenancy.

F166

Except where paragraph 5 applies, this Part also applies in a case where an authority is required under F20regulation 14 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 14 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officer) to apply for a determination in relation to a dwelling, but the appropriate amount shall be nil if the authority fails to apply for that determination—

a

during the relevant year; or

b

as soon as possible thereafter but before the date of the due date for the submission of the final subsidy claim for the relevant year.

F1 Rent officers' property-specific rent and claim-related rent7

Where the rent officer either—

a

determines a property-specific rent but not a size-related rent and the amount of eligible rent does not exceed the property-specific rent less ineligible amounts, or

b

determines a claim-related rent and the amount of eligible rent does not exceed the aggregate of the claim-related rent and those service charges which the authority has determined as eligible to be met by housing benefit F36under sub-paragraphs (a)(iv)(c) and (f) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, under sub-paragraphs (a)(iv)(c) and (f) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (ineligible service charges), less ineligible amounts,

the appropriate amount in respect of the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with the termination date shall be F41100 per cent of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the eligible rent.

8

F21

Where the rent officer either—

a

determines a property-specific rent but not a size-related rent and the amount of eligible rent exceeds the property-specific rent less ineligible amounts, or

b

determines a claim-related rent and the amount of eligible rent exceeds the aggregate of the claim-related rent and those service charges which the authority has determined as eligible to be met by housing benefit F37under sub-paragraphs (a)(iv)(c) and (f) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, under sub-paragraphs (a)(iv)(c) and (f) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (ineligible service charges), less ineligible amounts,

then, for the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with the termination date, the appropriate amount shall be determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) or (3), as the case may be.

2

Where the allowance granted is the same as or is less than the excess—

a

except in a case to which paragraph 10 applies, the appropriate amount shall be nil;

b

where paragraph 10 applies, the appropriate amount shall be 60 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance.

3

Where the allowance granted is greater than the excess the appropriate amount shall be

a

except where paragraph 10 applies, nil per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess;

b

where paragraph 10 applies, 60 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

together with F42100 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which remains after deducting the excess.

Rent officers’ property-specific and size-related rents9

1

Where the rent officer makes a determination that the dwelling exceeds the size criteria for its occupiers and determines both a property-specific rent and a size-related rent for that dwelling, the appropriate amount in respect of the period beginning on the relevant date and ending on the termination date shall be the appropriate amounts determined in accordance with the relevant sub-paragraphs of this paragraph.

2

Where the eligible rent does not exceed the designated rent, less ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount shall be F43100 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the eligible rent.

3

For the period of 13 weeks beginning on the relevant date or, if shorter, for the period beginning on that date and ending on the termination date, if the amount of the eligible rent does not exceed the property-specific rent less ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount shall be F43100 per cent. of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the eligible rent.

4

For the period of 13 weeks beginning on the relevant date or, if shorter, for the period beginning on that date and ending on the termination date, if the amount of the eligible rent exceeds the property-specific rent less ineligible amounts—

a

where the allowance is the same as or is less than the excess—

i

except in a case to which paragraph 10 applies, the appropriate amount shall be nil;

ii

where paragraph 10 applies, the appropriate amount shall be 60 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

b

where the allowance granted is greater than the excess the appropriate amount shall be—

i

except where paragraph 10 applies, nil per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess;

ii

where paragraph 10 applies, 60 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

and in either case F43100 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which remains after deducting the excess.

5

For the period after the end of that 13 week period, if the amount of the eligible rent exceeds the designated rent less ineligible amounts—

a

where the allowance is the same as or is less than the excess—

i

except in a case to which paragraph 10 applies, the appropriate amount shall be nil;

ii

where paragraph 10 applies, the appropriate amount shall be 60 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure attributable to such allowance;

b

where the allowance granted is greater than the excess the appropriate amount shall be—

i

except where paragraph 10 applies, nil per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess;

ii

where paragraph 10 applies, 60 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which is equal to the excess,

and in either case F43100 per cent. of the qualifying expenditure which remains after deducting the excess.

F616

This paragraph does not apply where a rent officer determines a claim-related rent.

Restriction on unreasonable rents or on rent increases10

This paragraph applies where an authority has been unable to treat a person’s eligible rent as reduced by reason of regulation 11(3), (3A) M1, (4), as in force on 1st January 1996, or 12(2) M2 of the F21Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (restrictions on unreasonable rents or rent increases) M3, as in force on 5th October 1997.

Payments on account of rent allowanceF5111

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Relevant date12

For the purposes of this Part—

a

in a case where a claim for rent allowance is made on or after 1st April in the relevant year, the relevant date is the date on which entitlement to benefit commences;

b

in a case where, on 1st April in the relevant year, there is current on that date both a claim for an allowance in relation to the dwelling and a rent officer’s determination in relation to that dwelling, the relevant date is that day and for this purpose a rent officer’s determination includes a determination, further determination or re-determination made under the Rent Officers Order or the Rent Officers Order 1995, as the case may be, save that, where a determination had not taken effect by 31st March of the year immediately preceding the relevant year, the relevant date will be 13 weeks after the relevant date determined under the 1997 Order, or, in a relevant year commencing on or after 1st April 1998, the relevant date determined for the year immediately preceding that relevant year;

c

in a case where, during the relevant year—

i

there has been a change relating to a rent allowance within the meaning of F22regulation 14(10) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 14(10) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations; and

ii

by virtue of F23regulation 14 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 14 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officer) an application for a determination in respect of that dwelling is required,

the relevant date is the date on which the relevant change of circumstances takes effect for the purposes of F24regulation 79 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 59 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (date on which change of circumstances is to take effect) or, if the relevant change of circumstances does not affect entitlement to an allowance, the Monday following the date on which the relevant change occurred;

d

in a case where, prior to any rent officer determination being notified to the authority, the authority determines a rent allowance on a claim in respect of a dwelling, the relevant date is—

i

if the designated rent less ineligible amounts determined under the determination eventually notified by the rent officer is higher than or equal to the eligible rent determined by the authority in relation to that dwelling, the date determined under the foregoing sub-paragraphs of this paragraph as appropriate;

ii

if the designated rent less ineligible amounts is lower than the eligible rent determined by the authority but that eligible rent is equal to or more than the appropriate indicative rent level for that dwelling, the Monday following the date on which the determination is made by the rent officer;

iii

if the designated rent less ineligible amounts is lower than the eligible rent determined by the authority in relation to that dwelling, the Monday following the date on which the determination is made by the rent officer and, in so far as the eligible rent determined by the authority in relation to that dwelling was in excess of the appropriate indicative rent level for that dwelling, paragraph 7 shall apply to that excess;

F3e

in a case where the rent officer has made a re-determination, substitute determination or substitute re-determination, the relevant date is—

i

if the designated rent determination under the re-determination, substitute determination or substitute re-determination is higher than or equal to the amount determined under the original determination, the date determined under the foregoing sub-paragraphs of this paragraph as appropriate;

ii

if the designated rent determination under the re-determination, substitute determination or substitute re-determination is lower than the amount determined under the original determination, the Monday following the date on which the re-determination, substitute determination or substitute re-determination is made by the rent officer.

Termination date13

For the purposes of this Part “termination date" means—

a

31st March in the relevant year; or

b

where the rent officer’s determination replaces a determination made in relation to the same dwelling, the day before the relevant date of the new determination by the rent officer in relation to the same dwelling as defined by paragraph 12; or

c

the date on which the allowance ceases to be paid in respect of the tenancy,

whichever is the earlier date in the relevant year.

PART III RECKONABLE RENT CASES

F1714

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15

In a case where article 16(4)(c) applies, the appropriate amount shall be, for the period of 13 weeks prescribed in F25regulation 13(14) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 13(14) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations, F44100 per cent. of the eligible rent less ineligible amounts.

PART IV GENERAL AND INTERPRETATION

Apportionment16

For the purposes of this Schedule, where more than one person is liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling the designated rent shall be apportioned on the same basis as such payments are apportioned under F26regulation 12(5) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 12(5) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (rent).

Interpretation17

1

In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “appropriate indicative rent level" means the indicative rent level for the category of dwelling into which the dwelling in question falls, as described in paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order or paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order 1995, as the case may be, except that, where a payment on account is made to a young individual, the category of dwelling shall be that within head (b) of paragraph 9(3) of that Schedule, less, in the case of a dwelling falling within that head or head (a) of that paragraph, any amount ineligible to be met under F27paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (meal F4... charges);

  • F5“claim-related rent” means the rent notified by the rent officer under paragraph 9(1) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 or, as the case may be, the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997;

  • “designated rent" means—

    1. a

      in a case where a rent officer has determined both a property-specific rent and a size-related rent, whichever is the lower of the two;

    2. b

      in a case where a rent officer has determined only a property-specific rent or a size-related rent, as the case may be, that rent;

    3. c

      F6in a case where a rent officer has determined a claim-related rent, that rent;

  • F7“ineligible amounts” means—

    1. a

      in a case where the rent officer has determined a claim-related rent—

      1. i

        any amount in respect of amounts ineligible to be met by housing benefit under F28paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (amounts ineligible for meals);

      2. ii

        F29where the dwelling is a hostel as defined in regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 2(1) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (interpretation), any amount ineligible to be met by housing benefit under (as the case may be)—

      3. aa

        paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (ineligible service charges), other than sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) of that paragraph; or

      4. bb

        paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (ineligible service charges), other than sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) of that paragraph;

    2. b

      in any other case, except as provided in the definition of “property-specific rent less ineligible amounts” below,—

      1. i

        any amount which the rent officer determines is attributable to the provision of services ineligible to be met by housing benefit, plus the amount in respect of fuel charges ineligible to be met F30under Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (payments in respect of fuel charges);

      2. ii

        any amount in respect of amounts ineligible to be met by housing benefit under F31paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (amounts ineligible for meals);

      3. iii

        where the dwelling is in a hostel as defined in regulation 2 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (interpretation), any amount ineligible to be met by housing benefit under F32paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations or, as the case may be, paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (ineligible service charges), other than sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) of those paragraphs.

  • “property-specific rent", except as provided in the definition of “property-specific rent less ineligible amounts" below, means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order or to the Rent Officers Order 1995, as the case may be, except in a case where a rent officer has made a rent determination under paragraph 3 of that Schedule, when it means that rent;

  • “property-specific rent less ineligible amounts" has the meaning otherwise ascribed to those terms in this paragraph, except, subject to article 23(1), in a case where the property-specific rent is an exceptionally high rent and the rent officer has notified the authority that the exceptionally high rent determined by him does not include a payment ineligible for housing benefit under F33paragraph 1(a)(i) or paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, paragraph 1(a)(i) or paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations (ineligible service charges for food and fuel), as the case may be (“ineligible payments"), when it means that exceptionally high rent less ineligible amounts other than ineligible payments;

  • “size-related rent" means the rent determined by a rent officer under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers Order or the Rent Officers Order 1995, as the case may be,

and other expressions used both in this Schedule and in the Rent Officers Order or the Rent Officers Order 1995, as the case may be, or in both this Schedule F34and (as the case may be) in regulation 13 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or regulation 13 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations shall have the same meanings in this Schedule as they have in that Order or in that regulation, as the case may be.

2

Except in a case to which sub-paragraph (3) applies, in this Schedule any reference to a rent officer’s determination is, in any case where there has been more than one such determination, a reference to the last such determination.

3

In a case where the last determination referred to in sub-paragraph (2) was made on the basis of—

a

the terms of the tenancy of a dwelling; or

b

the size or composition of the household occupying that dwelling,

which were not appropriate to the claim for a rent allowance in respect of which the allowance was granted, any reference to a rent officer’s determination is to the last such determination which was appropriate to that claim.

F8PART V THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCES

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F8

Sch. 4 Pt. V substituted (2.1.2004, 2.1.2004 with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)) by Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3179) , arts. 1(1) , 11 , Schs. 2

18

The Table referred to in paragraph 1 is—

(1)

(2)

Threshold (weekly sum)

Rent Registration Area

(£)

ENGLAND

Avon

169.06

Barking & Dagenham

173.53

Barnet

228.90

Bedfordshire

93.92

Berkshire

176.00

Bexley

183.83

Brent

201.33

Bromley

206.83

Buckinghamshire

214.25

Cambridgeshire

96.04

Camden

258.22

Cheshire

192.69

City

257.93

Cleveland

123.96

Cornwall

152.47

Croydon

210.30

Cumbria

148.07

Derbyshire

109.04

Devon

159.42

Dorset

161.43

Durham

120.78

Ealing

201.31

East Sussex

243.14

Enfield

171.21

Essex

112.27

Gloucestershire

150.23

Greater Manchester

166.32

Greenwich

184.28

Hackney

168.29

Hammersmith and Fulham

198.12

Hampshire

229.91

Haringey

190.26

Harrow

212.68

Havering

172.24

Hereford and Worcester

171.24

Hertfordshire

123.15

Hillingdon

182.32

Hounslow

204.37

Humberside

100.85

Isle of Wight

196.27

Islington

196.67

Kensington and Chelsea

246.89

Kent

236.29

Kingston upon Thames

252.06

Lambeth

162.14

Lancashire

167.71

Leicestershire

124.72

Lewisham

150.72

Lincolnshire

114.45

Merseyside

183.43

Merton

223.17

Newham

163.27

Norfolk

85.12

North Yorkshire

120.36

Northamptonshire

134.38

Northumberland

118.67

Nottinghamshire

132.56

Oxfordshire

259.00

Redbridge

164.61

Richmond upon Thames

252.06

Shropshire

163.64

Somerset

151.91

South Yorkshire

90.46

Southwark

174.93

Staffordshire

153.70

Suffolk

87.52

Surrey

285.52

Sutton

191.01

Tower Hamlets

181.82

Tyne & Wear

113.32

Waltham Forest

140.88

Wandsworth

221.47

Warwickshire

164.56

West Midlands

161.13

West Sussex

249.11

West Yorkshire

100.63

Westminster

257.93

Wiltshire

156.85

WALES

Clwyd

87.91

Dyfed

77.40

Gwent

85.12

Gwynedd

78.89

Mid Glamorgan

90.05

Powys

86.11

South Glamorgan

100.64

West Glamorgan

86.67

SCOTLAND

Aberdeen

116.83

Aberdeenshire

126.66

Angus

116.83

Argyll-Bute

107.61

Clackmannanshire

150.40

Comhairlie Nan Eilean Siar

172.53

Dumfries & Galloway

125.40

Dundee

116.83

East Ayrshire

103.93

East Dunbartonshire

133.48

East Lothian

132.78

East Renfrewshire

180.26

Edinburgh,City of

132.78

Falkirk

117.91

Fife

116.83

Glasgow

103.93

Highland

114.79

Inverclyde

103.93

Midlothian

132.78

Moray

116.83

North Ayrshire

103.93

North Lanarkshire

103.93

Orkney

116.83

Perth & Kinross

124.08

Renfrewshire

103.93

Scottish Borders

132.78

Shetland

116.83

South Ayrshire

119.53

South Lanarkshire

103.93

Stirling

121.19

West Dunbartonshire

103.93

West Lothian

132.78

F9SCHEDULE 4ARENT REBATE LIMITATION DEDUCTIONS (HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT DWELLINGS)

Article 20A

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

PART 1INTERPRETATION

1

In this Schedule—

  • F58“Affordable Rent” means the rent payable to an authority in respect of a tenancy of a dwelling where the rent is set on the same basis as would have been case if the amount of rent were subject to a standard set by the Regulator of Social Housing under section 194 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (which requires the initial rent to be set at no more than 80% of local market rent (including service charges));

  • “Affordable Rent dwelling” means a dwelling which the authority has let on a tenancy for which it charges an Affordable Rent, and in relation to which either of the following applies—

    1. a

      the authority has entered into an agreement with a relevant party that the dwelling is one for which the authority will charge an Affordable Rent; or

    2. b

      the authority has received a written notice from a relevant party that the dwelling is one for which the authority charges an Affordable Rent;

  • F12“dwelling” has the same meaning it bears in the determination made under section 80(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989,

  • “ HRA ” means the Housing Revenue Account of the authority the amount of whose subsidy is under consideration,

  • “new service” means—

    1. a

      a service provided in the relevant year that was not provided in 2001–02,

    2. b

      F13an extension to a service, where the service is provided in the relevant year to a greater extent than in 2001-02, or

    3. c

      a service provided in the relevant year for which a charge is imposed which is a service which was previously provided without charge because it was funded by a specific grant or subsidy (other than subsidy),

  • F59“relevant party” means—

    1. a

      the Homes and Communities Agency;

    2. b

      the Greater London Authority; or

    3. c

      the Secretary of State;

  • “rent”, in relation to a dwelling, means the total of the payments in respect of the dwelling specified in F35regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations, other than a payment specified in regulation F47regulation 12(1)(e),

  • F52...

  • F62 ...

  • “void dwelling” means a dwelling that is unoccupied,

  • “2001–02” means the year beginning with 1st April 2001 (and any corresponding expression in which two years are similarly mentioned is to be read in the same way).

PART 2ENGLAND

Liability to deduction

2

1

This paragraph applies in the case of an authority in England in relation to the relevant year if the authority is specified in the Table in Part 3 of this Schedule for that year and the weekly rent limit for a dwelling that is so specified for the authority is less than the subsidy limitation rent.

F532

The subsidy limitation rent for an authority is equal to the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year, calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).

F383

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year is calculated by dividing the total rent charged for all dwellings in the HRA in that year by the total number of weeks for which rent was charged for all dwellings in the HRA.

F54 4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

For the purposes of F55sub-paragraph (3), void dwellings F60and dwellings which are Affordable Rent dwellings are disregarded.

F57 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F63 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F458

For the purposes of calculating the total number of weeks for which rent is charged in F56sub-paragraph (3) rent free periods shall be included.

Amount of deduction

3

1

The amount of the deduction from subsidy referred to in article 20A(2) shall be calculated as follows.

  • Step 1

    Divide the amount of rebates paid by the authority in the relevant year in respect of dwellings in the by the income of the authority for that year from rent and service charges (including rent and charges remitted by way of rebate) in respect of such dwellings.

  • Step 2

    If the result of step 1 does not exceed the rebate proportion in England for the relevant year (see sub-paragraph (3))—

    1. a

      divide the weekly rent limit for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year as specified in Part 3 of this Schedule by the subsidy limitation rent (see paragraph 2(2)),

    2. b

      subtract the result of paragraph (a) from the number 1, and

    3. c

      multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (b).

    If the result of step 1 exceeds the rebate proportion in England for the relevant year—

    1. i

      multiply the amount by which the subsidy limitation rent exceeds the weekly rent limit for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year as specified in Part 3 of this Schedule by the rebate proportion in England for the relevant year,

    2. ii

      multiply the subsidy limitation rent by the result of step 1,

    3. iii

      divide the result of paragraph (i) by the result of paragraph (ii), and

    4. iv

      multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (iii).

2

For the purposes of the calculation in sub-paragraph (1), void dwellings are to be disregarded.

F753

The rebate proportion for 2019-20 is 0.726.

F66PART 3WEEKLY RENT LIMITS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 2: AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F73

Sch. 4A Pt. 3 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1243), art. 1(1), Sch. 3

F73Relevant Year 2019-2020

Authority

Weekly rent limit (£)

Adur

92.74

Arun

89.61

Ashfield

67.35

Ashford

88.34

Babergh

88.19

Barking and Dagenham

96.76

Barnet

106.92

Barnsley

73.76

Barrow-in-Furness

74.11

Basildon

86.68

Bassetlaw

71.55

Birmingham

81.75

Blackpool

70.38

Bolsover

80.74

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

83.28

Brent

114.56

Brentwood

93.42

Brighton and Hove

83.33

Bristol

80.06

Broxtowe

73.44

Bury

75.66

Cambridge

101.68

Camden

119.96

Cannock Chase

74.65

Canterbury

87.18

Castle Point

87.23

Central Bedfordshire

100.47

Charnwood

73.36

Cheltenham

79.32

Cheshire West and Chester

81.37

Chesterfield

78.70

City of London

105.18

City of York

78.33

Colchester

86.43

Corby

77.80

Cornwall

70.08

Crawley

101.89

Croydon

104.75

Dacorum

107.05

Darlington

70.29

Dartford

88.91

Derby

77.72

Doncaster

72.31

Dover

83.22

Dudley

81.68

Ealing

100.33

East Devon

80.67

East Riding of Yorkshire

78.26

East Suffolk

79.55

Eastbourne

78.54

Enfield

100.09

Epping Forest

98.19

Exeter

74.33

Fareham

89.79

Folkestone and Hythe

83.18

Gateshead

75.55

Gosport

82.77

Gravesham

88.55

Great Yarmouth

73.91

Greenwich

101.95

Guildford

109.37

Hackney

99.78

Hammersmith and Fulham

114.73

Haringey

105.15

Harlow

90.95

Harrogate

79.68

Harrow

112.41

Hartlepool

99.62

Havering

95.42

High Peak

72.27

Hillingdon

107.95

Hinckley and Bosworth

77.46

Hounslow

101.42

Ipswich

81.21

Islington

120.97

Kensington and Chelsea

126.61

Kettering

80.44

Kingston upon Hull

74.19

Kingston upon Thames

110.84

Kirklees

68.93

Lambeth

107.73

Lancaster

76.32

Leeds

73.45

Leicester

70.93

Lewes

88.40

Lewisham

95.33

Lincoln

67.96

Luton

85.60

Manchester

73.88

Mansfield

72.29

Medway Towns

80.94

Melton

76.24

Mid Devon

77.70

Mid Suffolk

81.36

Milton Keynes

84.82

New Forest

98.28

Newark and Sherwood

77.11

Newcastle upon Tyne

74.33

Newham

97.10

North East Derbyshire

80.33

North Kesteven

75.73

North Tyneside

75.67

North Warwickshire

86.86

North West Leicestershire

78.16

Northampton

82.19

Northumberland

67.56

Norwich

78.40

Nottingham

74.09

Nuneaton and Bedworth

77.25

Oadby and Wigston

78.35

Oldham

82.05

Oxford City

107.80

Portsmouth

83.94

Reading

103.81

Redbridge

101.56

Redditch

77.18

Richmondshire

76.79

Rotherham

75.00

Rugby

85.62

Runnymede

109.15

Salford

82.92

Sandwell

80.42

Sedgemoor

76.77

Selby

77.43

Sheffield

71.03

Shropshire

80.54

Slough

105.09

Solihull

81.26

Somerset West and Taunton

81.37

South Cambridgeshire

105.84

South Derbyshire

78.98

South Holland

74.82

South Kesteven

77.81

South Tyneside

74.47

Southampton

83.87

Southend-on-Sea

84.89

Southwark

106.80

St Albans

112.61

Stevenage

96.83

Stockport

73.80

Stoke-on-Trent

69.65

Stroud

81.52

Sutton

105.86

Swindon

81.90

Tamworth

79.33

Tandridge

97.19

Tendring

82.93

Thanet

80.02

Thurrock

85.01

Tower Hamlets

109.61

Uttlesford

97.43

Waltham Forest

100.93

Wandsworth

123.52

Warwick

92.68

Waverley

113.30

Wealden

83.77

Welwyn Hatfield

106.96

West Lancashire

75.29

Westminster

123.75

Wigan

76.07

Wiltshire

87.15

Winchester

100.29

Woking

103.09

Wokingham

114.08

Wolverhampton

78.84.

PART 4WALES

Liability to deduction

4

This paragraph applies in the case of an authority in Wales in relation to the relevant year if the authority is specified in the Table in Part 5 of this Schedule for that year and

where—

O

is the amount specified in column 1 of that Table for the authority,

P

is the guideline rent increase specified in column 2 of that Table for the authority, and

Q

is the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year (see paragraph 2(3)) F46and (5).

Amount of deduction

5

1

The amount of the deduction from subsidy referred to in article 20A(2) shall be calculated as follows.

  • Step 1

    Divide the amount of rebates granted by the authority in the relevant year in respect of dwellings in the by the income of the authority for that year from rent (including rent remitted by way of rebate) in respect of such dwellings.

  • Step 2

    If the result of step 1 does not exceed the rebate proportion for the relevant year (see sub-paragraph (2))—

    1. a

      deduct (O + P) from Q (see paragraph 4),

    2. b

      divide the result of paragraph (a) by Q,

    3. c

      multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (b).

    If the result of step 1 exceeds the rebate proportion for the relevant year—

    1. i

      deduct (O + P) from Q (see paragraph 4),

    2. ii

      divide the result of paragraph (i) by Q,

    3. iii

      divide the rebate proportion for Wales (see sub-paragraph (2)) by the result of step 1,

    4. iv

      multiply the result of paragraph (ii) by the result of paragraph (iii),

    5. v

      multiply the amount of the subsidy (apart from any deduction to be calculated under this Schedule) by the result of paragraph (iv).

F392

The rebate proportion for Wales for each relevant year commencing with 2006-07 is 0.66.

F67PART 5AMOUNTS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 4, PARAGRAPH 4: AUTHORITIES IN WALES

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F74

Sch. 4A Pt. 5 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1243), art. 1(1), Sch. 4

F74Relevant Year 2019-2020

Local authority

(1) Specified amount “O” (£)

(2) Guideline rent increase “P” (£)

Caerphilly

91.72

4.05

Cardiff

102.98

4.44

Carmarthenshire

91.24

4.05

Denbighshire

88.96

4.10

Flintshire

92.37

4.17

Isle of Anglesey

88.11

4.09

Pembrokeshire

92.19

3.90

Powys

93.08

4.07

Swansea

90.10

4.15

Vale of Glamorgan

99.69

4.25

Wrexham

91.34

4.11.

F64SCHEDULE 5 BENEFIT SAVINGS

Articles 13 and 21

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F64

Sch. 4A Pt. 5 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(4) of the commencing S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1784), art. 1(1), Sch. 4

F10

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F40SCHEDULE 6ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

Articles 3A

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

PART 1INTERPRETATION

Interpretation1

In this Schedule “official computer system” means a computer system maintained by or on behalf of the Secretary of State for the sending, receipt, processing or storage of any claim or return.

PART 2ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Conditions for the use of electronic communications2

1

An authorityF69, reporting accountant or auditor must use an approved method of—

a

electronic communication;

b

authenticating the identity of the sender of the communication;

c

authenticating any claim or return delivered by means of an electronic communication; and

d

submitting to the Secretary of State any claim or return.

2

An authorityF69, reporting accountant or auditor must submit any claim or return by means of an electronic communication in an approved form.

3

Where a claim or return is submitted electronically but not in accordance with the conditions specified in this paragraph, that claim or return shall be treated as not having been submitted.

4

In this paragraph “approved” means approved by means of a direction given by the Secretary of State.

Use of intermediaries3

The Secretary of State may—

a

use intermediaries in connection with the receipt, authentication or security of any claim or return delivered by means of an electronic communication; and

b

require authoritiesF70, reporting accountants or auditors to use intermediaries in connection with those matters.

PART 3ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION - EVIDENTIAL PROVISIONS

Effect of delivering information by means of electronic communication4

1

Any claim or return which is delivered by means of an electronic communication shall be treated as having been delivered in the approved manner or form on the day the conditions imposed—

a

by or under this Schedule; and

b

by or under Part II of this Order

are satisfied.

2

The Secretary of State may, by a direction, determine that any claim or return is to be treated as delivered on a different day (whether earlier or later) from the day provided for in sub-paragraph (1).

3

A claim or return shall not be treated as delivered to an official computer system by means of an electronic communication unless it is accepted by the system to which it is delivered.

Proof of identify of sender or recipient of information5

For the purpose of any legal proceedings, it shall be presumed that the identity of the sender or recipient, as the case may be, of any claim or return delivered by means of an electronic communication to an official computer system is the same as is recorded on that official computer system.

Proof of delivery of information6

1

For the purpose of any legal proceedings, it shall be presumed that—

a

if the delivery of any claim or return has been recorded on an official computer system, the use of an electronic communication has resulted in the delivery of that claim or return to the Secretary of State;

b

if the delivery of any claim or return submitted by means of an electronic communication to the Secretary of State has not been recorded on an official computer system, no delivery has been made;

c

any claim or return submitted by means of an electronic communication has been received on the time and date recorded on an official computer system.

Proof of content of information7

For the purpose of any legal proceedings, the content of any claim or return submitted by means of an electronic communication shall be presumed to be that recorded on an official computer system.

F48SCHEDULE 7Authorities in London

Article 17A

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

Barking and Dagenham

Barnet

Bexley

Brent

Bromley

Camden

City of London

Croydon

Ealing

Enfield

Greenwich

Hackney

Hammersmith and Fulham

Haringey

Harrow

Havering

Hillingdon

Hounslow

Islington

Kensington and Chelsea

Kingston upon Thames

Lambeth

Lewisham

Merton

Newham

Redbridge

Richmond upon Thames

Southwark

Sutton

Tower Hamlets

Waltham Forest

Wandsworth

Westminster

F49SCHEDULE 8Broad rental market areas in London

Articles 17 and 17A

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F49

Sch. 8 added (26.11.2010, with effect in accordance with art. 1(4) of the commencing S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2481) , arts. 1(1) , 5 , Schs. 3

Central London

Inner East London

Inner North London

Inner South East London

Inner South West London

Inner West London

Outer South West London