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Article 12(1)(b)

[F1SCHEDULE 1E+W+SSums to be used in the calculation of subsidy

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 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 authorityAdministration subsidy (£)
England
Adur241,286
Allerdale367,025
Amber Valley441,524
Arun572,229
Ashfield521,084
Ashford448,559
Aylesbury Vale556,792
Babergh259,632
Barking and Dagenham1,434,452
Barnet2,142,321
Barnsley1,147,955
Barrow-in-Furness278,797
Basildon821,505
Basingstoke and Deane579,075
Bassetlaw430,048
Bath and North East Somerset569,600
Bedford699,739
Bexley930,513
Birmingham6,445,611
Blaby232,996
Blackburn with Darwen698,398
Blackpool1,024,275
Bolsover326,528
Bolton1,340,144
Boston324,281
Bournemouth969,046
Bracknell Forest416,580
Bradford2,415,939
Braintree521,837
Breckland470,064
Brent2,585,353
Brentwood217,454
Brighton and Hove1,480,480
Bristol2,202,820
Broadland302,137
Bromley1,127,682
Bromsgrove226,997
Broxbourne426,593
Broxtowe338,259
Burnley493,515
Bury737,877
Calderdale969,969
Cambridge452,852
Camden1,846,590
Cannock Chase381,855
Canterbury539,931
Carlisle400,022
Castle Point290,802
Central Bedfordshire754,923
Charnwood453,166
Chelmsford518,188
Cheltenham409,814
Cherwell467,896
Cheshire East1,038,573
Cheshire West and Chester1,152,734
Chesterfield526,269
Chichester393,435
Chiltern245,362
Chorley347,015
Christchurch184,498
City of London102,103
Colchester658,647
Copeland290,364
Corby367,835
Cornwall2,246,797
Cotswold247,009
Coventry1,589,703
Craven158,618
Crawley630,525
Croydon2,014,096
Dacorum601,618
Darlington548,568
Dartford367,048
Daventry218,235
Derby1,127,348
Derbyshire Dales200,631
Doncaster1,399,228
Dover502,787
Dudley1,361,757
Durham2,521,494
Ealing2,320,745
East Cambridgeshire265,823
East Devon415,788
East Dorset242,805
East Hampshire303,206
East Hertfordshire414,387
East Lindsey619,390
East Northamptonshire266,660
East Riding of Yorkshire1,054,254
East Staffordshire394,312
Eastbourne541,451
Eastleigh368,238
Eden139,375
Elmbridge397,511
Enfield2,337,351
Epping Forest421,268
Epsom and Ewell225,723
Erewash446,224
Exeter498,792
Fareham271,325
Fenland410,638
Folkestone and Hythe506,711
Forest Heath230,674
Forest of Dean299,051
Fylde265,576
Gateshead1,129,205
Gedling388,755
Gloucester563,994
Gosport397,043
Gravesham449,843
Great Yarmouth509,711
Greenwich1,944,072
Guildford403,426
Hackney2,920,473
Halton647,477
Hambleton254,946
Hammersmith and Fulham1,405,700
Harborough187,334
Haringey2,218,785
Harlow530,320
Harrogate389,746
Harrow1,126,307
Hart182,529
Hartlepool606,002
Hastings551,080
Havant436,174
Havering925,511
Herefordshire659,368
Hertsmere412,546
High Peak308,092
Hillingdon1,398,403
Hinckley and Bosworth290,884
Horsham344,449
Hounslow1,268,762
Huntingdonshire483,787
Hyndburn418,766
Ipswich689,025
Isle of Wight624,728
Isles of Scilly16,287
Islington2,075,829
Kensington and Chelsea1,210,275
Kettering341,300
King’s Lynn and West Norfolk521,624
Kingston upon Hull1,712,061
Kingston upon Thames629,009
Kirklees1,772,576
Knowsley942,802
Lambeth2,705,472
Lancaster506,307
Leeds3,666,947
Leicester1,822,906
Lewes384,316
Lewisham2,525,646
Lichfield269,116
Lincoln505,839
Liverpool3,247,128
Luton1,009,178
Maidstone532,655
Maldon186,176
Malvern Hills247,778
Manchester3,461,613
Mansfield482,464
Medway1,160,454
Melton153,129
Mendip384,062
Merton847,545
Mid Devon252,780
Mid Suffolk241,409
Mid Sussex349,977
Middlesbrough1,001,328
Milton Keynes1,230,381
Mole Valley255,266
New Forest484,957
Newark and Sherwood397,660
Newcastle-under-Lyme421,043
Newcastle upon Tyne1,647,770
Newham2,366,052
North Devon376,297
North Dorset214,839
North East Derbyshire356,082
North East Lincolnshire806,502
North Hertfordshire443,461
North Kesteven294,977
North Lincolnshire654,301
North Norfolk364,674
North Somerset757,933
North Tyneside1,001,682
North Warwickshire217,138
North West Leicestershire286,759
Northampton890,224
Northumberland1,232,692
Norwich852,687
Nottingham1,850,660
Nuneaton and Bedworth530,177
Oadby and Wigston155,572
Oldham1,185,810
Oxford675,589
Pendle399,300
Peterborough953,468
Plymouth1,341,838
Poole541,049
Portsmouth1,262,869
Preston637,152
Purbeck166,513
Reading859,069
Redbridge1,273,034
Redcar and Cleveland745,949
Redditch354,896
Reigate and Banstead430,890
Ribble Valley131,401
Richmond upon Thames605,101
Richmondshire153,131
Rochdale1,136,092
Rochford223,731
Rossendale272,934
Rother328,807
Rotherham1,204,407
Rugby320,286
Runnymede261,833
Rushcliffe244,744
Rushmoor393,286
Rutland102,867
Ryedale175,962
Salford1,507,078
Sandwell1,736,532
Scarborough543,575
Sedgemoor569,977
Sefton1,244,795
Selby253,494
Sevenoaks350,155
Sheffield2,665,051
Shropshire923,110
Slough808,051
Solihull779,541
South Bucks188,579
South Cambridgeshire354,126
South Derbyshire266,981
South Gloucestershire823,554
South Hams279,898
South Holland290,485
South Kesteven442,964
South Lakeland253,313
South Norfolk358,274
South Northamptonshire190,661
South Oxfordshire348,379
South Ribble327,626
South Somerset553,836
South Staffordshire297,953
South Tyneside1,008,597
Southampton1,308,252
Southend-on-Sea954,798
Southwark2,391,682
Spelthorne339,318
St Albans397,850
St Edmundsbury377,929
St Helens852,020
Stafford363,037
Staffordshire Moorlands249,134
Stevenage436,909
Stockport981,278
Stockton-on-Tees919,690
Stoke-on-Trent1,308,594
Stratford-on-Avon360,018
Stroud350,680
Suffolk Coastal357,229
Sunderland1,641,010
Surrey Heath221,534
Sutton728,937
Swale622,808
Swindon791,655
Tameside1,126,000
Tamworth313,423
Tandridge255,727
Taunton Deane408,488
Teignbridge441,574
Telford and Wrekin867,833
Tendring696,203
Test Valley344,806
Tewkesbury261,050
Thanet825,152
Three Rivers310,173
Thurrock717,138
Tonbridge and Malling389,805
Torbay770,020
Torridge265,044
Tower Hamlets2,681,602
Trafford807,840
Tunbridge Wells360,948
Uttlesford198,523
Vale of White Horse336,628
Wakefield1,566,003
Walsall1,488,413
Waltham Forest1,727,233
Wandsworth1,930,410
Warrington719,383
Warwick388,650
Watford455,042
Waveney500,853
Waverley349,300
Wealden386,549
Wellingborough326,370
Welwyn Hatfield494,340
West Berkshire459,927
West Devon189,210
West Dorset336,525
West Lancashire402,728
West Lindsey334,172
West Oxfordshire303,585
West Somerset167,930
Westminster1,774,729
Weymouth and Portland352,242
Wigan1,255,260
Wiltshire1,431,952
Winchester325,062
Windsor and Maidenhead419,615
Wirral1,616,451
Woking319,625
Wokingham281,832
Wolverhampton1,483,403
Worcester416,349
Worthing410,555
Wychavon376,185
Wycombe525,132
Wyre428,623
Wyre Forest426,754
York612,740
Wales
Blaenau Gwent405,972
Bridgend640,740
Caerphilly830,958
Cardiff1,691,949
Carmarthenshire705,779
Ceredigion275,609
Conwy512,856
Denbighshire477,674
Flintshire557,793
Gwynedd467,999
Isle of Anglesey292,564
Merthyr Tydfil333,129
Monmouthshire288,813
Neath Port Talbot752,019
Newport782,084
Pembrokeshire492,960
Powys425,306
Rhondda Cynon Taf1,044,196
Swansea1,117,376
Torfaen491,387
Vale of Glamorgan493,496
Wrexham638,207
Scotland
Aberdeen863,732
Aberdeenshire751,442
Angus473,076
Argyll and Bute391,393
Clackmannanshire307,558
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar146,400
Dumfries and Galloway733,595
Dundee1,045,436
East Ayrshire665,988
East Dunbartonshire299,193
East Lothian371,948
East Renfrewshire235,799
Edinburgh2,132,817
Falkirk695,792
Fife1,707,621
Glasgow4,626,765
Highland868,562
Inverclyde518,272
Midlothian383,253
Moray316,328
North Ayrshire846,895
North Lanarkshire1,717,206
Orkney100,971
Perth and Kinross524,135
Renfrewshire954,565
Scottish Borders526,080
Shetland87,722
South Ayrshire561,292
South Lanarkshire1,435,713
Stirling337,999
West Dunbartonshire639,547
West Lothian822,588.]

Article 12(1)(c)

F2SCHEDULE 1AE+W+SAdditional amount of subsidy: Activities to reduce fraud and error

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Textual Amendments

Article 12(1)(ba)

SCHEDULE 1ZAE+W+SAdditional amount of subsidy: Right Benefit Initiative

F3  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F3Sch. 1ZA omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/985), arts. 1(1), 3(4)

Article 12(1)(bza)

[F4SCHEDULE 1ZBE+W+SAdditional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service

Textual Amendments

F4Sch. 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

InterpretationE+W+S

1.  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 2019E+W+S

2.  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 2E+W+S

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

Article 12(b)

F5SCHEDULE 2E+W+S ADJUSTMENT FOR PRIORITISATION OF CLAIMS

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Textual Amendments

F5 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)

Article 13(3)

F6SCHEDULE 3E+W+S CALCULATION OF DEDUCTIONS FROM SUBSIDY IN RESPECT OF PERIOD OVERRUNS

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Textual Amendments

F6 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)

Articles 13(1) and 16

SCHEDULE 4E+W+S HIGH RENTS AND RENT ALLOWANCES

F7PART IE+W+S REGULATED TENANCIES

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Textual Amendments

F7 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)

PART IIE+W+S RENT OFFICERS’ DETERMINATIONS

Calculation of the appropriate amountE+W+S

2.  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 [F8paragraph 6, 7, 8 or 9] as appropriate.

Textual Amendments

F8 Words in Sch. 4 para. 2 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2957) , arts. 1(1) , 5(2)

Rent officers’ determinationsE+W+S

3.  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 [F9regulation 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.E+W+S

Textual Amendments

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 [F10paragraph 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.E+W+S

Textual Amendments

[F116.  Except where paragraph 5 applies, this Part also applies in a case where an authority is required under [F12regulation 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—E+W+S

(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.]

Textual Amendments

F11 Sch. 4 para. 6 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/54) , arts. 1(1) , 4(4)(b)

[F13 Rent officers' property-specific rent and claim-related rentE+W+S

7.  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 [F14under 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 [F15100 per cent] of that part of the qualifying expenditure attributable to the eligible rent.]

Textual Amendments

F15 Words in Sch. 4 para. 7 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/26) , arts. 1(1) , 4(2)(a)

8.—[F16(1) Where the rent officer either—E+W+S

(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 [F17under 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 [F18100 per cent]. of the qualifying expenditure which remains after deducting the excess.

Textual Amendments

F18 Words in Sch. 4 para. 8(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/26) , arts. 1(1) , 4(2)(a)

Rent officers’ property-specific and size-related rentsE+W+S

9.—(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 [F19100 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 [F19100 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 [F19100 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 [F19100 per cent]. of the qualifying expenditure which remains after deducting the excess.

[F20(6) This paragraph does not apply where a rent officer determines a claim-related rent.]

Textual Amendments

F19 Words in Sch. 4 para. 9(2)-(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/26) , arts. 1(1) , 4(2)(a)

Restriction on unreasonable rents or on rent increasesE+W+S

10.  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.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M1 Paragraph (3A) was added by regulation 2(c) of S.I. 1989/566 .

M2 Paragraph (2) was added by regulation 3(b) of S.I. 1989/566 .

M3 Regulation 11 was revoked and replaced by S.I. 1995/1644 from 2nd January 1996 and regulation 12 was omitted by S.I. 1997/852 , but the earlier regulations continue in force for certain claimants by regulation 10 of S.I. 1995/1644 and regulation 4(3) of S.I. 1997/852 .

Payments on account of rent allowanceE+W+S

F2211.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F22 Sch. 4 para. 11 omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2957) , arts. 1(1) , 5(3)

Relevant dateE+W+S

12.  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 [F23regulation 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 [F24regulation 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 [F25regulation 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;

[F26(e)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.]

Textual Amendments

Termination dateE+W+S

13.  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 IIIE+W+S RECKONABLE RENT CASES

F2714.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F27 Sch. 4 para. 14 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)(c)

15.  In a case where article 16(4)(c) applies, the appropriate amount shall be, for the period of 13 weeks prescribed in [F28regulation 13(14) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 13(14) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations], [F29100 per cent]. of the eligible rent less ineligible amounts.E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F29 Words in Sch. 4 para. 15 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/26) , arts. 1(1) , 4(2)(b)

PART IVE+W+S GENERAL AND INTERPRETATION

ApportionmentE+W+S

16.  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 [F30regulation 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).

Textual Amendments

InterpretationE+W+S

17.—(1) In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—

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 [F42and (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.

Textual Amendments

[F43PART VE+W+S THRESHOLD ABOVE WHICH REDUCED SUBSIDY IS PAYABLE ON RENT ALLOWANCES

Textual Amendments

F43 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—E+W+S

(1)(2)
Threshold (weekly sum)Rent Registration Area
(£)
ENGLAND
Avon169.06
Barking & Dagenham173.53
Barnet228.90
Bedfordshire93.92
Berkshire176.00
Bexley183.83
Brent201.33
Bromley206.83
Buckinghamshire214.25
Cambridgeshire96.04
Camden258.22
Cheshire192.69
City257.93
Cleveland123.96
Cornwall152.47
Croydon210.30
Cumbria148.07
Derbyshire109.04
Devon159.42
Dorset161.43
Durham120.78
Ealing201.31
East Sussex243.14
Enfield171.21
Essex112.27
Gloucestershire150.23
Greater Manchester166.32
Greenwich184.28
Hackney168.29
Hammersmith and Fulham198.12
Hampshire229.91
Haringey190.26
Harrow212.68
Havering172.24
Hereford and Worcester171.24
Hertfordshire123.15
Hillingdon182.32
Hounslow204.37
Humberside100.85
Isle of Wight196.27
Islington196.67
Kensington and Chelsea246.89
Kent236.29
Kingston upon Thames252.06
Lambeth162.14
Lancashire167.71
Leicestershire124.72
Lewisham150.72
Lincolnshire114.45
Merseyside183.43
Merton223.17
Newham163.27
Norfolk85.12
North Yorkshire120.36
Northamptonshire134.38
Northumberland118.67
Nottinghamshire132.56
Oxfordshire259.00
Redbridge164.61
Richmond upon Thames252.06
Shropshire163.64
Somerset151.91
South Yorkshire90.46
Southwark174.93
Staffordshire153.70
Suffolk87.52
Surrey285.52
Sutton191.01
Tower Hamlets181.82
Tyne & Wear113.32
Waltham Forest140.88
Wandsworth221.47
Warwickshire164.56
West Midlands161.13
West Sussex249.11
West Yorkshire100.63
Westminster257.93
Wiltshire156.85
WALES
Clwyd87.91
Dyfed77.40
Gwent85.12
Gwynedd78.89
Mid Glamorgan90.05
Powys86.11
South Glamorgan100.64
West Glamorgan86.67
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen116.83
Aberdeenshire126.66
Angus116.83
Argyll-Bute107.61
Clackmannanshire150.40
Comhairlie Nan Eilean Siar172.53
Dumfries & Galloway125.40
Dundee116.83
East Ayrshire103.93
East Dunbartonshire133.48
East Lothian132.78
East Renfrewshire180.26
Edinburgh,City of132.78
Falkirk117.91
Fife116.83
Glasgow103.93
Highland114.79
Inverclyde103.93
Midlothian132.78
Moray116.83
North Ayrshire103.93
North Lanarkshire103.93
Orkney116.83
Perth & Kinross124.08
Renfrewshire103.93
Scottish Borders132.78
Shetland116.83
South Ayrshire119.53
South Lanarkshire103.93
Stirling121.19
West Dunbartonshire103.93
West Lothian132.78]

Article 20A

[F44SCHEDULE 4AE+W+SRENT REBATE LIMITATION DEDUCTIONS (HOUSING REVENUE ACCOUNT DWELLINGS)

Textual Amendments

PART 1E+W+SINTERPRETATION

1.  In this Schedule—E+W+S

[F45“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—

(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

(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;]

[F46“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—

(a)

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

(b)

[F47an extension to a service, where the service is provided in the relevant year to a greater extent than in 2001-02, or]

(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),

[F48“relevant party” means—

(a)

the Homes and Communities Agency;

(b)

the Greater London Authority; or

(c)

the Secretary of State;]

“rent”, in relation to a dwelling, means the total of the payments in respect of the dwelling specified in [F49regulation 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 [F50regulation 12(1)(e)],

F51...

F52 ...

“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).

Textual Amendments

F45 Words in Sch. 4A Pt. 1 inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/266) , arts. 1(1) , 4(2)(a)

F46 Words in Sch. 4A Pt. 1 inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/54) , arts. 1(1) , 4(5)(a)

F47 Words in Sch. 4A Pt. 1 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/54) , arts. 1(1) , 4(5)(b)

F48 Words in Sch. 4A Pt. 1 inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/266) , arts. 1(1) , 4(2)(b)

F50 Words in Sch. 4A para. 1 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment (No.2) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2564) , art. 1(1) , Sch. para. 2

F51 Words in Sch. 4A para. 1 omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2957) , arts. 1(1) , 6(2)

F52 Words in Sch. 4A para. 1 omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2957) , arts. 1(1) , 6(2)

PART 2E+W+SENGLAND

Liability to deductionE+W+S

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.E+W+S

[F53(2) 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).]

[F54(3)  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. ]

F55( 4 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) For the purposes of [F56sub-paragraph (3)], void dwellings [F57and dwellings which are Affordable Rent dwellings] are disregarded.

F58( 6 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F59( 7 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F60(8) For the purposes of calculating the total number of weeks for which rent is charged in [F61sub-paragraph (3)] rent free periods shall be included.]

Textual Amendments

F53 Sch. 4A para. 2(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2957) , arts. 1(1) , 6(3)(a)

F55 Sch. 4A para. 2(4) omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2957) , arts. 1(1) , 6(3)(b)

F56 Words in Sch. 4A para. 2(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2957) , arts. 1(1) , 6(3)(c)

F57 Words in Sch. 4A para. 2(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/266) , arts. 1(1) , 4(3)

F58 Sch. 4A para. 2(6) omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2957) , arts. 1(1) , 6(3)(d)

F59 Sch. 4A para. 2(7) omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2957) , arts. 1(1) , 6(3)(d)

F60 Sch. 4A para. 2(8) inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(4) of the commencing S.I.) by Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Electronic Communications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/26) , arts. 1(1) , 4(3)(b)

F61 Words in Sch. 4A para. 2(8) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the commencing S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2957) , arts. 1(1) , 6(3)(c)

Amount of deductionE+W+S

3.—(1) The amount of the deduction from subsidy referred to in article 20A(2) shall be calculated as follows.E+W+S

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

[F62(3) The rebate proportion for 2019-20 is 0.726.]

Textual Amendments

F62Sch. 4A Pt. 2 para. 3(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), arts. 1(1), 4(2)

[F63PART 3E+W+SWEEKLY RENT LIMITS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 2: AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND

Textual Amendments

[F64Relevant Year 2019-2020

AuthorityWeekly rent limit (£)
Adur92.74
Arun89.61
Ashfield67.35
Ashford88.34
Babergh88.19
Barking and Dagenham96.76
Barnet106.92
Barnsley73.76
Barrow-in-Furness74.11
Basildon86.68
Bassetlaw71.55
Birmingham81.75
Blackpool70.38
Bolsover80.74
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole83.28
Brent114.56
Brentwood93.42
Brighton and Hove83.33
Bristol80.06
Broxtowe73.44
Bury75.66
Cambridge101.68
Camden119.96
Cannock Chase74.65
Canterbury87.18
Castle Point87.23
Central Bedfordshire100.47
Charnwood73.36
Cheltenham79.32
Cheshire West and Chester81.37
Chesterfield78.70
City of London105.18
City of York78.33
Colchester86.43
Corby77.80
Cornwall70.08
Crawley101.89
Croydon104.75
Dacorum107.05
Darlington70.29
Dartford88.91
Derby77.72
Doncaster72.31
Dover83.22
Dudley81.68
Ealing100.33
East Devon80.67
East Riding of Yorkshire78.26
East Suffolk79.55
Eastbourne78.54
Enfield100.09
Epping Forest98.19
Exeter74.33
Fareham89.79
Folkestone and Hythe83.18
Gateshead75.55
Gosport82.77
Gravesham88.55
Great Yarmouth73.91
Greenwich101.95
Guildford109.37
Hackney99.78
Hammersmith and Fulham114.73
Haringey105.15
Harlow90.95
Harrogate79.68
Harrow112.41
Hartlepool99.62
Havering95.42
High Peak72.27
Hillingdon107.95
Hinckley and Bosworth77.46
Hounslow101.42
Ipswich81.21
Islington120.97
Kensington and Chelsea126.61
Kettering80.44
Kingston upon Hull74.19
Kingston upon Thames110.84
Kirklees68.93
Lambeth107.73
Lancaster76.32
Leeds73.45
Leicester70.93
Lewes88.40
Lewisham95.33
Lincoln67.96
Luton85.60
Manchester73.88
Mansfield72.29
Medway Towns80.94
Melton76.24
Mid Devon77.70
Mid Suffolk81.36
Milton Keynes84.82
New Forest98.28
Newark and Sherwood77.11
Newcastle upon Tyne74.33
Newham97.10
North East Derbyshire80.33
North Kesteven75.73
North Tyneside75.67
North Warwickshire86.86
North West Leicestershire78.16
Northampton82.19
Northumberland67.56
Norwich78.40
Nottingham74.09
Nuneaton and Bedworth77.25
Oadby and Wigston78.35
Oldham82.05
Oxford City107.80
Portsmouth83.94
Reading103.81
Redbridge101.56
Redditch77.18
Richmondshire76.79
Rotherham75.00
Rugby85.62
Runnymede109.15
Salford82.92
Sandwell80.42
Sedgemoor76.77
Selby77.43
Sheffield71.03
Shropshire80.54
Slough105.09
Solihull81.26
Somerset West and Taunton81.37
South Cambridgeshire105.84
South Derbyshire78.98
South Holland74.82
South Kesteven77.81
South Tyneside74.47
Southampton83.87
Southend-on-Sea84.89
Southwark106.80
St Albans112.61
Stevenage96.83
Stockport73.80
Stoke-on-Trent69.65
Stroud81.52
Sutton105.86
Swindon81.90
Tamworth79.33
Tandridge97.19
Tendring82.93
Thanet80.02
Thurrock85.01
Tower Hamlets109.61
Uttlesford97.43
Waltham Forest100.93
Wandsworth123.52
Warwick92.68
Waverley113.30
Wealden83.77
Welwyn Hatfield106.96
West Lancashire75.29
Westminster123.75
Wigan76.07
Wiltshire87.15
Winchester100.29
Woking103.09
Wokingham114.08
Wolverhampton78.84.]]

Textual Amendments

F64Sch. 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

PART 4E+W+SWALES

Liability to deductionE+W+S

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 E+W+S

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)) [F65and (5)].

Textual Amendments

Amount of deductionE+W+S

5.—(1) The amount of the deduction from subsidy referred to in article 20A(2) shall be calculated as follows.E+W+S

[F66(2) The rebate proportion for Wales for each relevant year commencing with 2006-07 is 0.66.]

Textual Amendments

[F67PART 5E+W+SAMOUNTS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 4, PARAGRAPH 4: AUTHORITIES IN WALES

Textual Amendments

[F68Relevant Year 2019-2020

Local authority(1) Specified amount “O” (£)(2) Guideline rent increase “P” (£)
Caerphilly91.724.05
Cardiff102.984.44
Carmarthenshire91.244.05
Denbighshire88.964.10
Flintshire92.374.17
Isle of Anglesey88.114.09
Pembrokeshire92.193.90
Powys93.084.07
Swansea90.104.15
Vale of Glamorgan99.694.25
Wrexham91.344.11.]]]

Textual Amendments

F68Sch. 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

Articles 13 and 21

[F69SCHEDULE 5E+W+S BENEFIT SAVINGS

Textual Amendments

F69Sch. 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

F70  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F70 Sch. 5 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 2005 (S.I. 2005/369) , arts. 1(1) , 5(2)

Articles 3A

[F71SCHEDULE 6E+W+SELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

Textual Amendments

PART 1E+W+SINTERPRETATION

InterpretationE+W+S

1  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 2E+W+SELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Conditions for the use of electronic communicationsE+W+S

2.—(1) An authority[F72, 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 authority[F72, 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.

Textual Amendments

F72Words in Sch. 6 para. 2 inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/985), arts. 1(1), 5(9)(a)

Use of intermediariesE+W+S

3  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 authorities[F73, reporting accountants] or auditors to use intermediaries in connection with those matters.

Textual Amendments

F73Words in Sch. 6 para. 3(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/985), arts. 1(1), 5(9)(b)

PART 3E+W+SELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION - EVIDENTIAL PROVISIONS

Effect of delivering information by means of electronic communicationE+W+S

4—(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 informationE+W+S

5  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 informationE+W+S

6—(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 informationE+W+S

7  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.]

Article 17A

[F74SCHEDULE 7E+W+SAuthorities in London

Textual Amendments

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]

Articles 17 and 17A

[F75SCHEDULE 8E+W+SBroad rental market areas in London

Textual Amendments

F75 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]]