# The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1994, Paragraph 2: Council tax benefit applicable amount


Subject to paragraphs 4 to 7 and for the purposes of Part I, the council tax benefit applicable amount shall be calculated by applying the following formula—
A × B C where—
A is, in the case of appropriate authorities—
(a) in England, £43,994,655;
(b) in Wales, £2,364,676;
(c) in Scotland, £5,218,010;
B—
(a) except where paragraph (b) below applies, in the case of an authority identified in column (1) of Schedule 8, is the aggregate of the amounts obtained by multiplying each figure prescribed in column (3)(a) to (c) of that Schedule for that authority by the figure appropriate to that category and authority prescribed in column (3)(a), (b) or (c), as the case may be, of Schedule 9;
(b) in the case of an authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 10, is the aggregate amount determined in accordance with paragraph (a) above further multiplied by the figure specified for that authority in column (2) of that Schedule; and
C is the total of the amounts for all appropriate authorities in the case in which the particular appropriate authority is placed by 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/1994/523/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1994/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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