{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1995/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1995/schedule-2/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/872",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council tax Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1995",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Calculation of applicable and further amounts",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs 5 to 7, where in the case of an appropriate authority in England or Wales\n(a) a (being the total of the housing benefit amounts as calculated under Part II of Schedule 1 and the council tax benefit amounts calculated under this Part in respect of that appropriate authority) exceeds B (being 120 per cent. of the relevant amount), the council tax benefit amounts for that appropriate authority for the relevant year shall be the sum calculated under paragraphs 2 and 3 less the excess; or\n(b) a (being the total of the housing benefit amounts as calculated under Part II of Schedule 1 and the council tax benefit amounts calcuiated under this Part in respect of that appropriate authority) is less than y (being 95 per cent. of the relevant amount) the council tax benefit amounts for that appropriate authority shall be the sum calculated under paragraphs 2 and 3 plus an amount equal to the difference between α and γ.\n(2) The relevant amount for the purposes of paragraphs 4 and 6 is the aggregate of the housing benefit amounts and council tax benefit amounts payable to that appropriate authority for the financial year ending 31st March 1994 calculated in accordance with Schedules 1 and 2 to the 1994 Order (calculation of subsidy in respect of administration costs).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/872/schedule/2/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:12:17.259395+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}