Article 1 Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Housing Act 1996 (Commencement No. 10 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997.

(2)

In this Order—

“the Act” means the Housing Act 1996;
“benefit” means housing benefit, council tax benefit or community charge benefits as prescribed pursuant to section 123(1) (income related benefits) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f1; and
“benefit subsidy” means subsidy under sections 135(1) (rate rebate, rent rebate and allowance subsidy) and 140 (community charge benefit subsidy) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f2, section 30(1A) of the Social Security Act 1986^f3 and under the Social Security and Housing Benefit Act 1982^f4.

Annotations

f1: 1992 c. 4; section 123(1) was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraph 1.
f2: 1992 c. 5; section 140 was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 21, to make provision for council tax benefit subsidy but remains in force as originally enacted by virtue of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (Community Charge Benefit) Savings and Transitional Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/232).
f3: 1986 c. 50; section 30(1A) was inserted by S.I. 1988/1483; subsidy under that section was only payable in respect of Scotland in 1988/89.
f4: 1982 c. 24; the provisions as to subsidy were in sections 32 and 33 and were amended by the Social Security Act 1985 (c. 53), section 22, and by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), section 102 and Schedule 17; they were repealed by the Social Security Act 1986, Schedule 11.