Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 248 (S.19)

The Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1992

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1992 No. 248 (S.19)

HOUSING, SCOTLAND

The Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1992

Made	6th February 1992

Coming into force

1st April 1992

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 191 and 192 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987^[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be concerned under the said sections 191 and 192 and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been approved by the House of Commons:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

    (2)  In this Order—

"the 1987 Act" means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987;


"appropriate local authority" means a local authority specified in Schedule 1 whose eligible expenditure and relevant income have been taken into account in estimating the aggregate amounts of eligible expenditure and relevant income for the purpose of fixing the aggregate amount of housing support grants; and


"the number of houses of the authority" means the estimate of the number of houses to which the housing revenue account of the authority at 30th September 1992 relates.

    (3)  Except where the context otherwise requires—
 (a) any reference to a numbered article or Schedule is a reference to the article or Schedule bearing that number in this Order; and
 (b) any reference to any type of expenditure, charge or income which is estimated is a reference to such an estimate made by the Secretary of State.

Aggregate amount of grants for 1992—93
    2.    The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for 1992-93 shall be £47,470,415.

Apportionment of grants for 1992—93
    3.—(1)  The aggregate amount of the housing support grants for the year 1992-93 shall be divided into 2 portions hereinafter referred to as the "general portion" and the "hostel portion".

    (2)  The general portion shall amount to £45,848,088 and shall be apportioned among appropriate local authorities according to their respective estimated net expenditures assessed in the manner provided for in Schedule 2.

    (3)  The hostel portion shall amount to £1,622,327 and shall be apportioned among those local authorities mentioned in Schedule 3 according to their respective estimated net expendi tures for the year 1992—93 on those buildings specified in paragraph 1(e) of Schedule 15 to the 1987 Act (which provides for lodging houses and hostels as buildings for the purposes of a local authority's housing revenue account).

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew's House, Edinburgh

24th January 1992
We consent,

Irvine Patnick

Thomas Sackville

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

6th February 1992

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Notes:

[1] 1987 c. 26; section 191(10) and 192(6) have been amended by the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43), Schedule 8, paragraphs 4 and 5 respectively.

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