The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006

2.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), at the appropriate places, insert— E+W+S

““amended determination” means a determination made in accordance with article 7A of the Rent Officers Order M1 ;

“broad rental market area” has the meaning specified in paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 3A to the Rent Officers Order M2 ;

“broad rental market area determination” means a determination made in accordance with article 4B(1) of the Rent Officers Order M3 ;

“commencement date” means in relation to a pathfinder authority specified in Part 1 of Schedule 10, the date specified in that Part in relation to that authority;

“local housing allowance” means an allowance determined in accordance with paragraph 2 or 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 3A to the Rent Officers Order;

“local housing allowance determination” means a determination made in accordance with article 4B(2) of the Rent Officers Order;

“maximum rent (standard local rate)” means the amount determined in accordance with regulation 13A;

“pathfinder authority” means a relevant authority specified in Part 1 of Schedule 10;

“relevant date” means, as the case may require—

(a) the commencement date in relation to a pathfinder authority specified in Part 1 of Schedule 10;

(b) the date of the claim to which the claim or relevant information relates;

(c) the date of the change relating to a rent allowance, or the change which affects the category of dwelling, date of death or rent increase, to which a notification referred to in regulation 13A(1)(b)(iii) or (iv) relate; or

(d) the date on which the period mentioned in regulation 14 (1)(f) or (g) has elapsed;”.

Marginal Citations

M1 Article 7A was inserted by S.I. 2000/1 and amended by S.I. 2003/2398.

M2 Schedule 3A was inserted by S.I. 2003/2395.

M3 Article 4B was inserted by S.I. 2003/2395.