Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
This Order which may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1989 shall come into force on 1st May 1989.
(2)
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
“the Act” means the Social Security Act 1986;
“allowance” means a rent allowance;
“authority” means a housing, rating or local authority;
“rebate” means a rent or rate rebate;
“relevant year” means the year ending 31st March 1989;
“scheme” means the housing benefit scheme as defined in section 28 of the Act;
“subsidy” means subsidy under section 30(1) of the Act (rate rebate, rent rebate and rent allowance subsidy);
and other expressions shall have the same meaning as in the Regulations.
(3)
In this Order “qualifying expenditure” means the total of rebates and allowances granted by the authority during the relevant year, less–
(a)
the deductions specified in article 10; and
(b)
where, under subsection (6) of section 28 of the Act (arrangements for housing benefit), the authority has modified any part of the scheme administered by it, any amount by which the total of the rebates or allowances which it granted under the scheme during the relevant year exceeds the total of those which it would have granted if the scheme had not been so modified.
(4)
In this Order, reference to a numbered article or Schedule is to the article in, or Schedule to, this Order bearing that number and, unless the context otherwise requires, reference in an article or a Schedule to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph bearing that number in that article or that Schedule.