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The Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1982

Westlaw

King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2011-04-05

HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES HOUSING, SCOTLAND RATING AND VALUATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

This Order brings into force those provisions of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 concerned with housing benefits and related matters. Those provisions which relate to subsidies to authorities are to come into force on 19th July 1982. Those provisions relating to the duty of the Secretary of State to review the needs allowances for the purposes of housing benefits are brought into force on 22nd November 1982. The provisions concerned with rate rebates and rent rebates are brought into operation, for certain housing authority tenants who are in receipt of supplementary benefit, on 22nd November 1982 and for all other purposes on 4th April 1983, apart from the provisions for rate rebates for people who are not housing authority tenants, which are brought into operation on 1st April 1983. The remaining provisions are also brought into force on 1st April 1983 where they are relevant to the provision of rate rebates or on 4th April 1983 where they relate to other purposes of repeals. The order contains a transitional provision and savings relating to payments of subsidies to housing authorities.