Article 7 Limit on total expenditureF1
England, Wales and Scotland
F3Subject 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 F4in that year multiplied by 2.5.
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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Order revoked (E.) (1.4.2026) by The Discretionary Financial Assistance and Discretionary Housing Payments (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/271), reg. 1(1), Sch.
- F2
Art. 7 omitted (W.) (1.4.2026) by virtue of The Discretionary Financial Assistance and Discretionary Housing Payments (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/271), regs. 1(1), 3(3)
- F3
Art. 7(1) revoked (S.) (9.12.2014) by The Discretionary Housing Payments (Limit on Total Expenditure) Revocation (Scotland) Order 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/298), arts. 1(1), 2(a)
- F4
Words in art. 7(1) substituted (25.7.2014 with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) and Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Amendment Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1667), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)