The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2006

Amendment of Schedules to the principal Order

4.—(1) For Schedule 1 to the principal Order (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy) substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

(2) Omit Schedule 2 to the principal Order (adjustment for the prioritisation of claims).

(3) Omit Schedule 3 to the principal Order (calculation of deductions from subsidy in respect of period overruns).

(4) In Schedule 4 to the principal Order (high rents and rent allowances)–

(a) omit Part 1;

(b) for paragraph 6, substitute—

“Except where paragraph 5 applies, this Part also applies in a case where an authority is required under regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit 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.”; and

(c) omit paragraph 14.

(5) In Part 1 of Schedule 4A to the principal Order (rent rebate limitation deductions (housing revenue account dwellings))–

(a) after “In this Schedule–” insert—

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

(b) for paragraph (b) of the definition of “new service” substitute—

“(b) an extension to a service, where the service is provided in the relevant year to a greater extent than in 2001-02, or”.