# The Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Order 2001, Article 7: Limit on total expenditure

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), for the purposes of section 70(3)(a) of the Act (the limit on the total amount of expenditure in any year that may be incurred by a relevant authority in making discretionary housing payments) the limit in any year is the amount of grant the Secretary of State determines to make to the relevant authority in that year multiplied by 2.5.
(2) In the case of the period commencing 2nd July 2001 and ending 31st March 2002, the limit is the amount the Secretary of State has determined to make to a relevant authority as at 2nd July 2001 multiplied by 2.5.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2340/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-housing-payments-grants-order-2001/article-7
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