Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Community Charge Benefits (Transitional) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 30th August 1989.

In this Order unless the context otherwise requires–

• “the Act” means the Social Security Act 1986^f1;

• “the Benefits Regulations” means the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989^f2;

• “the General Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987^f3;

• “the Rebates Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Community Charge Rebates) (Scotland) Regulations 1988^f4;

• “appropriate authority” means–

  1. (a)

     in England and Wales the charging authority to which section 31B(2) of the Act^f5 refers, and

  2. (b)

     in Scotland, the levying authority to which section 31B(3) of the Act refers;

• “community charge benefits” means benefits to which section 20(1)(d) of the Act refers^f6;

• “community charge rebates” has the same meaning as in section 28(1)(aa) of the Act^f7;

• “relevant date” means 1st April 1990,

and other expressions shall have the same meaning as in the Benefits Regulations.

Unless the context otherwise requires, in this Order a reference in an article to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph in that article bearing that number.