Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 562

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1998 No. 562

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998

	Made	4th March 1998
	Laid before Parliament	10th March 1998
	Coming into force	31st March 1998

ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES

PART I
GENERAL

1.	Citation, commencement and interpretation

PART II
CLAIMS FOR AND PAYMENTS OF SUBSIDY

2.	Interpretation of Parts II and IV

3.	Conditions for payment of subsidy

4.	Requirement of claim

5.	Requirement of audit and power to pay subsidy prior to certificate of audit

6.	Further requirements to keep records and provide information

7.	Final condition for the payment of subsidy

8.	In year payments of subsidy

9.	Payments of subsidy for the relevant year

10.	Estimating subsidy

PART III
CALCULATION OF SUBSIDY

11.	Interpretation of Part III

12.	Amount of subsidy

13.	Relevant benefit

14.	Backdated benefit

15.	Disproportionate rent increase

16.	Treatment of high rents in rent allowance cases

17.	Subsidy in respect of homeless and short lease rebate cases

18.	Additions to subsidy

19.	Deductions to be made in calculating subsidy

20.	Deduction from subsidy

21.	Additions to and deductions from subsidy in respect of benefit savings

PART IV
TRANSITIONAL AND SAVINGS

22.	Provisions for claims for 1997/98

23.	Transitional provisions in relation to rent officer determinations

24.	Modification of exemption from improvements rule

SCHEDULES

1.

Figures and sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy

2.

Adjustment for prioritisation of claims

3.

Period overruns

4.

High rents and rent allowances

5.

Benefit savings