Regulation 2 Amendment of the Schedule to the Subsidy Regulations

paragraph 2 shall be omitted;

after paragraph 4 there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

“4A

The total rent rebate expenditure in the relevant year in respect of rents payable to an authority—

(a)

under section 69(2)(b) of the Housing Act 1985^f1 or section 35(2)(b) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987^f2 for board and lodging accommodation or accommodation which the authority holds on a licence agreement, or

(b)

for accommodation outside the Housing Revenue Account under Part VI of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989^f3, which an authority in England or Wales holds on a lease granted for a term not exceeding 3 years, or

(c)

for accommodation which an authority in Scotland holds on a lease granted for a term not exceeding 3 years.

4B

The total rent rebate expenditure in the relevant year in cases to which paragraph 4A above refers which is attributable to that part of the eligible rent which exceeds the relevant threshold specified in a Subsidy Order under section 30(2) or 31F(2) of the Act^f4 for the purpose of calculating subsidy on such rents.”;

after paragraph 21 there shall be added the following paragraphs—

“22

The total amount of any instruments of payment in relation to housing benefit issued during the relevant year returned to the authority without having been presented for payment or found by the authority to have passed their date of validity without having been so presented.

23

The total amount of any housing benefit subsidy paid for any year before the relevant year in respect of any instrument of payment either returned to the authority during the relevant year without having been presented for payment or found by the authority during the relevant year to have passed their date of validity without having been so presented.”.