# The Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1992, Paragraph 2: Community charge benefit applicable amount


For the purposes of Part I of this Schedule, but subject to paragraphs 4 to 7, the community charge benefit applicable amount shall be calculated by applying the following formula—
A×BC where—
A is, in the case of appropriate authorities—
(a) in England, £69,556,150;
(b) in Wales, £3,200,550;
(c) in Scotland, £7,501,200;
B—
(a) except where paragraph (b) below applies, in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 7, is the aggregate of the amounts obtained by multiplying each figure prescribed in column (3)(a) to (b) of that Schedule for that authority by the figure appropriate to that category and authority prescribed in column (3)(a) or (b), as the case may be, of Schedule 8,
(b) in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 9, is the aggregate amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above further multiplied by the figure specified for that authority in column (2) of Schedule 9; and
C is the total of the amounts for all appropriate authorities in the category to which the particular appropriate authority belongs specified in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c), as the case may be, of the definition of A.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/739/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-community-charge-benefit-subsidy-order-1992/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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