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Article 2(4)
Article 12(1)(ba)
1. In this Schedule—
“participating authority” means an authority which notified the Secretary of State on or before 21st April 2017 that it is participating in the Right Benefit Initiative in the administration of housing benefit described in the Housing Benefit Circular HB A7/2017(1) (“the Right Benefit Initiative”) ;
“relevant activities” means activities carried out by a participating authority under the Right Benefit Initiative in order to reduce fraud and error in payments of housing benefit.
2. The additional amount of subsidy for a participating authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2017 is the amount specified for that authority in the Housing Benefit Circular HB S6/2017 published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 30th March 2017(2).
3.—(1) A participating authority must use the additional amount received under paragraph 2 in connection with relevant activities.
(2) The Secretary of State may recover some or all of the additional amount paid to a participating authority under paragraph 2 where satisfied that that authority has not used that amount in connection with relevant activities.”
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