The Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1996

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992(1);

“housing benefit” means either rent rebate or rent allowance as the circumstances may require;

“the Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(2);

“increase in housing benefit” means the difference between—

(a)

the amount of housing benefit granted in a case in which an authority makes a determination under regulation 61(2) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (increase in the appropriate maximum housing benefit)(3), and

(b)

the amount of housing benefit which would have been granted in that case if the authority had not made a determination under regulation 61(2) of those Regulations; and

“increase above maximum rent” means the difference between—

(a)

the amount of housing benefit granted in a case in which an authority makes a determination under regulation 61(3) of the Housing Benefit Regulations(4), and

(b)

the amount of housing benefit which would have been granted in that case if the authority had not made a determination under regulation 61(3) of those Regulations.

(1)

1992 c. 5.

(2)

S.I. 1987/1971.

(3)

Regulation 61(2) was added by S.I. 1994/578.

(4)

Regulation 61(3) was added by S.I. 1995/1644.