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This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2006/54and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 1040

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2023

Made

22nd September 2023

Laid before Parliament

25th September 2023

Coming into force

6th November 2023

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 140B(1), (3), (4) and (4A), 140C(1), (1A), (2) and (4), 140F(2) and 189(1), (4), (5), (6) and (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992( 1).

In accordance with section 189(8) of that Act( 2), the Secretary of State has obtained the consent of the Treasury.

In accordance with section 176(1)(b) of that Act( 3), the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned.

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2023 and comes into force on 6th November 2023.

(2) Any amendment made by this Order has the same extent as the provision amended.

Amendment of the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 and effect of amendments

2.—(1) The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998( 4) is amended in accordance with articles 3 to 8.

(2) Articles 3 and 4 and Schedule 1 have effect for the purpose of determining subsidy payable for the relevant year( 5) beginning with 1st April 2022.

(3) In paragraph (2), “ relevant year” means the year in respect of which a claim for subsidy is made.

Housing Benefit Assurance Process

3.  In article 2 (interpretation of Parts 2 and 4), in the definition of “HBAP”, for “31st March 2022” substitute “17th April 2023”( 6).

The amount of an authority’s subsidy

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

Additional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service

5.  For Schedule 1ZB (additional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service) substitute the Schedule 1ZB set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative

6.  For Schedule 1ZC (additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative) substitute the Schedule 1ZC set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.

High rents and rent allowances

7.  In Schedule 4 (high rents and rent allowances), omit Part 5.

Rent rebate deductions from the subsidy of an authority in Wales

8.  For Schedule 4A (rent rebate limitation deductions (housing revenue account dwellings): authorities in Wales) substitute the Schedule 4A set out in Schedule 4 to this Order.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Mims Davies

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Work and Pensions

22nd September 2023

We consent.

Scott Mann

Stuart Anderson

Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury

19th September 2023

Schedules

Article 4

Schedule 1 Substitution of Schedule 1 to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

Article 12(1)(b)

Schedule 1 Sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy

Relevant Year 2022-2023

Local authority Administration subsidy (£)
England
Adur District Council 155,260
Allerdale Borough Council 291,366
Amber Valley Borough Council 314,518
Arun District Council 396,117
Ashfield District Council 369,270
Ashford Borough Council 327,221
Babergh District Council 186,692
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham 883,626
London Borough of Barnet 1,381,355
Barnsley Borough Council 860,032
Barrow Borough Council 214,897
Basildon District Council 578,884
Basingstoke and Deane District Council 378,794
Bassetlaw District Council 316,286
Bath and North East Somerset Council 433,805
Bedford Borough Council 484,034
London Borough of Bexley 628,705
Birmingham City Council 5,299,607
Blaby District Council 154,008
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 522,497
Blackpool Borough Council 763,704
Bolsover District Council 236,927
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council 1,018,205
Boston Borough Council 194,537
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council 1,190,342
Bracknell Forest Borough Council 261,686
Bradford Metropolitan Borough Council 1,663,599
Braintree District Council 358,729
Breckland District Council 312,113
London Borough of Brent 1,559,304
Brentwood District Council 130,706
Brighton and Hove Council 1,069,586
Bristol City Council 1,559,279
Broadland District Council 204,868
London Borough of Bromley 804,237
Bromsgrove District Council 164,764
Broxbourne Borough Council 261,756
Broxtowe Council 237,940
Buckinghamshire Council 978,818
Burnley Borough Council 377,975
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council 549,099
Calderdale Borough Council 685,971
Cambridge City Council 319,687
London Borough of Camden 1,330,141
Cannock Chase District Council 259,710
Canterbury City Council 393,432
City of Carlisle District Council 298,073
Castle Point District Council 180,170
Central Bedfordshire Council 524,247
Charnwood Borough Council 325,448
Chelmsford Borough Council 353,218
Cheltenham Borough Council 279,901
Cherwell District Council 307,473
Cheshire East Council 776,941
Cheshire West and Chester Council 903,516
Chesterfield Borough Council 382,396
Chichester District Council 278,324
Chorley Borough Council 262,116
City of London 54,054
Colchester Borough Council 447,657
Copeland Borough Council 218,646
Cornwall Council 1,672,446
Cotswold District Council 174,005
Coventry City Council 1,070,102
Craven District Council 110,413
Crawley Borough Council 371,582
London Borough of Croydon 1,590,871
Dacorum Borough Council 404,422
Darlington Borough Council 386,010
Dartford Borough Council 246,219
Derby City Council 810,432
Derbyshire Dales District Council 131,787
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council 1,044,406
Dorset Council 884,643
Dover District Council 368,913
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council 953,670
Durham County Council 2,011,966
London Borough of Ealing 1,477,289
East Cambridgeshire District Council 167,606
East Devon District Council 297,550
East Hampshire District Council 190,721
East Hertfordshire District Council 273,942
East Lindsey District Council 466,991
East Riding of Yorkshire Council 697,878
East Staffordshire Borough Council 253,637
East Suffolk Council 660,021
Eastbourne Borough Council 395,234
Eastleigh Borough Council 254,237
Eden District Council 96,394
Elmbridge Borough Council 256,365
London Borough of Enfield 1,646,586
Epping Forest District Council 279,025
Epsom and Ewell Borough Council 144,819
Erewash Borough Council 312,178
Exeter City Council 348,897
Fareham Borough Council 171,817
Fenland District Council 275,588
Folkestone and Hythe District Council 355,564
Forest of Dean District Council 211,506
Fylde Borough Council 194,866
Gateshead Borough Council 854,280
Gedling Borough Council 251,565
Gloucester City Council 382,527
Gosport Borough Council 247,242
Gravesham Borough Council 285,617
Great Yarmouth Council 423,863
Royal Borough of Greenwich 1,369,639
Guildford Borough Council 248,029
London Borough of Hackney 2,028,921
Halton Borough Council 543,418
Hambleton District Council 191,991
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 1,006,388
Harborough District Council 127,266
London Borough of Haringey 1,437,265
Harlow District Council 345,862
Harrogate Borough Council 297,732
Harrow Council 747,709
Hart District Council 115,588
Hartlepool Borough Council 490,637
Hastings Borough Council 453,589
Havant Borough Council 260,943
London Borough of Havering 627,513
Herefordshire Council 433,811
Hertsmere Borough Council 278,288
High Peak Borough Council 219,139
London Borough of Hillingdon 877,829
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council 203,534
Horsham District Council 243,151
London Borough of Hounslow 1,000,420
Huntingdonshire District Council 325,083
Hyndburn Borough Council 301,650
Ipswich Borough Council 480,546
Isle of Wight County Council 455,910
Isles of Scilly Council 1,640
London Borough of Islington 1,497,485
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 914,611
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council 367,964
Hull City Council 1,284,037
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 433,156
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council 1,271,497
Knowsley Borough Council 728,171
London Borough of Lambeth 1,825,479
Lancaster City Council 412,448
Leeds City Council 2,514,090
Leicester City Council 1,177,299
Lewes District Council 260,074
London Borough of Lewisham 1,654,588
Lichfield District Council 195,101
City of Lincoln Council 365,729
Liverpool City Council 2,481,751
Luton Borough Council 652,486
Maidstone Borough Council 372,876
Maldon District Council 124,054
Malvern Hills District Council 168,002
Manchester City Council 2,580,189
Mansfield District Council 362,508
Medway Council 765,468
Melton Borough Council 107,354
Mendip District Council 281,777
London Borough of Merton 571,268
Mid Devon District Council 182,849
Mid Suffolk District Council 176,011
Mid Sussex District Council 240,463
Middlesbrough Council 687,811
Milton Keynes Borough Council 804,206
Mole Valley District Council 165,890
New Forest District Council 357,603
Newark and Sherwood District Council 286,707
Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council 316,785
Newcastle City Council 1,283,745
London Borough of Newham 1,586,677
North Devon District Council 259,987
North East Derbyshire District Council 267,258
North East Lincolnshire Council 577,726
North Hertfordshire District Council 291,247
North Kesteven District Council 210,243
North Lincolnshire Council 469,211
North Norfolk District Council 260,846
North Northamptonshire Council 837,818
North Somerset Council 555,299
North Tyneside Borough Council 735,318
North Warwickshire District Council 148,542
North West Leicestershire District Council 198,704
Northumberland County Council 941,021
Norwich City Council 611,937
Nottingham City Council 1,362,091
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council 378,367
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council 94,713
Oldham Borough Council 859,869
Oxford City Council 421,230
Pendle Borough Council 266,318
Peterborough City Council 649,437
Plymouth City Council 969,134
Portsmouth City Council 869,783
Preston Borough Council 478,688
Reading Borough Council 537,658
London Borough of Redbridge 859,524
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 553,740
Redditch Borough Council 247,959
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 289,320
Ribble Valley Borough Council 86,684
Richmondshire District Council 100,906
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames 446,592
Rochdale Borough Council 871,847
Rochford District Council 139,437
Rossendale Borough Council 202,551
Rother District Council 243,151
Rotherham Borough Council 910,717
Rugby Borough Council 240,402
Runnymede Borough Council 176,745
Rushcliffe Borough Council 167,403
Rushmoor Borough Council 280,571
Rutland County Council 64,993
Ryedale District Council 128,368
Salford City Council 1,121,387
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council 1,217,007
Scarborough Borough Council 382,101
Sedgemoor District Council 468,554
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 990,126
Selby District Council 167,385
Sevenoaks District Council 240,285
Sheffield City Council 1,927,636
Shropshire Council 687,073
Slough Borough Council 484,029
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council 527,104
Somerset West and Taunton Council 436,898
South Cambridgeshire District Council 243,282
South Derbyshire District Council 180,358
South Gloucestershire Council 496,463
South Hams District Council 201,118
South Holland District Council 188,403
South Kesteven District Council 314,153
South Lakeland District Council 169,917
South Norfolk District Council 252,696
South Oxfordshire District Council 234,944
South Ribble Borough Council 210,421
South Somerset District Council 418,414
South Staffordshire District Council 217,661
South Tyneside Council 758,243
Southampton City Council 947,450
Southend-on-Sea City Council 650,545
London Borough of Southwark 1,777,461
Spelthorne Borough Council 218,797
St Albans District Council 266,685
St Helens Borough Council 662,578
Stafford Borough Council 253,961
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 158,011
Stevenage Borough Council 280,953
Stockport Borough Council 730,845
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council 661,242
Stoke-on-Trent City Council 947,639
Stratford-on-Avon District Council 256,450
Stroud District Council 242,118
Sunderland City Council 1,268,190
Surrey Heath Borough Council 136,729
London Borough of Sutton 611,276
Swale Borough Council 434,827
Swindon Borough Council 588,379
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council 869,561
Tamworth Borough Council 206,615
Tandridge District Council 178,884
Teignbridge District Council 316,705
Telford and Wrekin Council 612,269
Tendring District Council 505,444
Test Valley Borough Council 248,655
Tewkesbury Borough Council 188,104
Thanet District Council 571,920
Three Rivers Council 190,490
Thurrock Borough Council 477,682
Tonbridge and Malling District Council 279,233
Torbay Council 534,037
Torridge District Council 170,756
London Borough of Tower Hamlets 1,863,709
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 581,798
Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 249,320
Uttlesford District Council 146,475
Vale of White Horse District Council 237,730
Wakefield Council 1,152,480
Walsall Borough Council 1,027,770
London Borough of Waltham Forest 997,078
London Borough of Wandsworth 1,294,763
Warrington Borough Council 535,677
Warwick District Council 275,828
Watford Borough Council 280,410
Waverley Borough Council 223,592
Wealden District Council 260,367
Welwyn Hatfield District Council 336,375
West Berkshire Council 324,924
West Devon Borough Council 126,822
West Lancashire District Council 292,289
West Lindsey District Council 248,446
West Northamptonshire Council 874,601
West Oxfordshire District Council 202,841
West Suffolk Council 389,606
City of Westminster 1,294,989
Wigan Council 1,016,817
Wiltshire Council 1,029,349
Winchester City Council 238,915
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead 268,262
Wirral Borough Council 1,241,841
Woking Borough Council 202,879
Wokingham District Council 200,194
Wolverhampton City Council 1,047,981
Worcester City Council 271,919
Worthing Borough Council 290,107
Wychavon District Council 268,669
Wyre Borough Council 299,317
Wyre Forest District Council 294,191
City of York Council 395,430
Wales
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council 318,962
Bridgend County Borough Council 477,573
Caerphilly County Borough Council 636,859
Cardiff City Council 1,262,108
Carmarthenshire County Council 540,118
Ceredigion Council 187,368
Conwy County Borough Council 379,349
Denbighshire County Council 349,113
Flintshire County Council 411,534
Gwynedd Council 323,966
Isle of Anglesey County Council 211,568
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council 236,961
Monmouthshire County Council 220,909
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council 591,884
Newport City Council 576,113
Pembrokeshire County Council 385,804
Powys County Council 327,717
Rhondda-Cynon-Taff County Borough Council 797,265
Swansea City Council 911,084
Torfaen Borough Council 390,255
Vale of Glamorgan Council 359,861
Wrexham County Borough Council 462,998
Scotland
Aberdeen City Council 652,154
Aberdeenshire Council 470,681
Angus Council 368,081
Argyll and Bute Council 271,451
Clackmannanshire Council 232,389
Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar Council 62,405
Dumfries and Galloway Council 538,578
Dundee City Council 786,906
East Ayrshire Council 527,112
East Dunbartonshire Council 207,488
East Lothian District Council 326,547
East Renfrewshire Council 175,099
City of Edinburgh Council 1,515,282
Falkirk District Council 557,578
Fife Council 1,334,156
Glasgow City Council 3,641,774
Highland Council 674,465
Inverclyde District Council 403,506
Midlothian Council 295,008
Moray Council 243,621
North Ayrshire Council 677,929
North Lanarkshire Council 1,397,861
Orkney Islands Council 56,904
Perth and Kinross Council 368,564
Renfrewshire Council 707,391
Scottish Borders Council 360,545
Shetland Islands Council 51,479
South Ayrshire Council 433,924
South Lanarkshire Council 1,134,646
Stirling Council 254,796
West Dunbartonshire Council 495,052
West Lothian Council 661,233 .

Article 5

Schedule 2 Substitution of Schedule 1ZB to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

Article 12(1)(bza)

Schedule 1ZB Additional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service

Interpretation

1.   In this Schedule—

relevant activities ” means activities carried out by authorities receiving VEP alerts to administer those alerts;

VEP alerts ” means alerts given by the Secretary of State enabling authorities to identify changes in earnings and pensions so as to help prevent fraud and error relating to housing benefit.

Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2023

2.   The additional amount of subsidy for an authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2023 is the amount specified for that authority in the Housing Benefit Circular HB S7/2023 first published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 9th May 2023( 7) .

Use of amount paid under paragraph 2

3.   An authority must use the additional amount received under paragraph 2 in connection with relevant activities. .

Article 6

Schedule 3 Substitution of Schedule 1ZC to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

Article 12(1)(bzb)

Schedule 1ZC Additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative

Interpretation

1.   In this Schedule—

HBAAI ” means the Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative set out in Housing Benefit Circular HB A5/2022 first published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 5th May 2022( 8) ;

relevant activities ” means activities carried out by authorities in connection with administering the HBAAI.

Additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2022

2.   The additional amount of subsidy for an authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2022 is the amount (if any) specified for that authority in the following Housing Benefit Circulars published by the Department for Work and Pensions—

(a) HB S7/2022, first published on 29th April 2022( 9) ;

(b) HB S10/2022, first published on 18th November 2022( 10) .

Use of amount paid under paragraph 2

3.   An authority must use any additional amount received under paragraph 2 in connection with relevant activities. .

Article 8

Schedule 4 Substitution of Schedule 4A to the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

Article 20A

Schedule 4A Rent Rebate Limitation Deductions (Housing Revenue Account Dwellings): Authorities in Wales

Interpretation

1.   In this Schedule—

HRA ” means the Housing Revenue Account of the authority the amount of whose subsidy is under consideration;

rent ”, in relation to a dwelling, means the total of the payments in respect of the dwelling specified in regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 12(1) of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations, other than a payment specified in regulation 12(1)(e).

Liability to deduction

2.(1)  This paragraph applies in relation to the relevant year if—

(a) the authority is specified in the Table in paragraph 4 for that year, and

(b) O + P is less than Q where—

O ” is the amount specified in column 1 of that Table for the authority;

P ” is the guideline rent increase specified in column 2 of that Table for the authority;

Q ” is the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year.

(2)  For the purposes of determining Q in sub-paragraph (1)(b), the average weekly rent for a dwelling for the authority for the relevant year is calculated by dividing the total rent charged for all dwellings in the HRA in that year by the total number of weeks for which rent was charged for all dwellings in the HRA, disregarding any unoccupied dwelling.

Amount of deduction

3.(1)  The amount of the deduction from subsidy referred to in article 20A(2) is to be calculated as follows—

(2)  The rebate proportion for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2023 is 0.44.

Amounts for the purposes of paragraph 2

4.   The amounts for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2023 for the purposes of paragraph 2 are as follows—

Local authority (1) Specified amount “O”(£) (2) Guideline rent increase “ P ” (£)
Caerphilly County Borough Council 104.56 8.10
Cardiff City Council 117.78 9.23
Carmarthenshire County Council 103.72 8.12
Denbighshire County Council 104.47 8.31
Flintshire County Council 109.56 8.50
Isle of Anglesey County Council 105.09 8.34
Pembrokeshire County Council 107.02 7.87
Powys County Council 107.42 8.28
Swansea City Council 104.77 8.42
Vale of Glamorgan Council 117.24 8.79
Wrexham County Borough Council >107.82 8.41 .

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 ( S.I. 1998/562) (“ the 1998 Order”) which provides for the calculation and payment of housing benefit subsidy to local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland which administer housing benefit. Section 140F(2) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)authorises the making, revocation or varying of an Order before, during or after the year to which it relates.

Article 3 updates the definition of “HBAP” in article 2 of the 1998 Order to refer to the appropriate version of the Housing Benefit Assurance Process, published on 17th April 2023.

Article 4 and Schedule 1 substitute Schedule 1 to the 1998 Order, which prescribes the sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy for the year beginning with 1st April 2022.

Article 5 and Schedule 2 substitute Schedule 1ZB to the 1998 Order, which prescribes a system for the making of additional payments of subsidy to authorities administering alerts relating to the earnings and pension entitlement of claimants for housing benefit. The substituted Schedule 1ZB has effect for the purposes of determining additional amounts of subsidy payable for the year beginning with 1st April 2023. The amounts were notified by the Secretary of State to local authorities on 9th April 2023.

Article 6 and Schedule 3 substitute Schedule 1ZC to the 1998 Order. The definition of “HBAAI” in paragraph 1 of that Schedule is updated to refer to the most recent version of the Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative, published on 5th May 2022. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 1ZC prescribes a system for the making of additional payments of subsidy to authorities verifying the accuracy of information held in respect of the household, income and capital, and general financial circumstances of claimants for housing benefit. The substituted Schedule 1ZC has effect for the purposes of determining additional amounts of subsidy payable for the year beginning with 1st April 2022. The amounts were notified by the Secretary of State to local authorities on 18th November 2022.

Article 7 omits Part 5 of Schedule 4 to the 1998 Order. Paragraph 1 of that Schedule, which referred to the table in Part 5, was previously omitted by the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2006 ( S.I. 2006/54). This Order is therefore being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Article 8 and Schedule 4 substitute Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order, to update the rebate proportion figure for 2023/2024 to 0.44, and to set out revised specified amounts “O” and guideline rent increases “P” used when calculating deductions from subsidy under paragraph 2 of Schedule 4A. The substituted Schedule 4A has effect for the purposes of determining subsidy payable for the year beginning with 1st April 2023 for authorities in Wales.

Hard copies of the circulars referenced in this Order are available by writing to the Department for Work and Pensions, Local Authority Partnership, Engagement and Delivery Division, Peel Park Phase 2, First Floor Blue Zone, Brunel Way, Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 5ES or by emailing[email protected].

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.

( 1)

1992 c. 5(“ the Administration Act”). Sections 140B, 140C and 140F were inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52). Section 140B(1) was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47)(“ the Fraud Act”). Section 140B(4) was substituted and section 140B(4A) was inserted by section 10 of the Fraud Act. Section 140C(1A) was inserted by paragraph 37 of Schedule 7 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26). There are amendments to section 189(1), (4), (5) and (6) which are not relevant to this Order. Section 189(7) was amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14)and by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the Fraud Act.

( 2)

Relevant amendments were made by paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996 and paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21).

( 3)

Section 176(1)(b) was amended by paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996.

( 4)

S.I. 1998/562; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2004/646, 2008/695, 2018/985, 2020/976, 2021/1031and 2022/983.

( 5)

See section 140G of the Administration Act for the definition of “year”.

( 6)

Seehttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-assurance-process-hbap. The relevant HBAP publication is contained in HBAP Module 1 and Module 6.


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