Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefit (Subsidy) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 1st April 1991.

In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Social Security Act 1986^f1

• “the 1987 Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987^f2

• “the 1989 Regulations” means the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989^f3

• “authority”—

  1. (a)

     with respect to claims for community charge benefit subsidy, means a charging authority to which section 3IB(2) of the Act refers or, as the case may be, a levying authority to which section 3IB(3) of the Act refers^f4;

  2. (b)

     with respect to claims for housing benefit subsidy, means a housing, rating or local authority or, as the case may be, in Scotland a levying authority;

• “community charge rebate” means a rebate to which section 28(1)(aa) of the Act^f5 refers;

• “eligible rent” shall be construed in accordance with regulation 10 of the 1987 Regulations^f6;

• “excess benefits” shall be construed in accordance with section 31D of the Act^f7;

• “Housing Revenue Accounts rebates” has the meaning assigned by section 84(1) of the Act;

• “Subsidy Order” means an Order in respect of the relevant year made under section 30(2) (subsidy order with respect to housing benefit) or section 31 F(2) (subsidy order with respect to community charge benefit) of the Act^f8;

• “the relevant year” means the year In respect of which a claim for housing benefit subsidy or community charge benefit subsidy is made;

• “rent rebate” and “rent allowance” shall be construed in accordance with section 28 of the Act but shall exclude, in the case of a local authority in England and Wales, any Housing Revenue Account rebates granted by them.