# The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1996, Article 17: Backdated benefit


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where—
(a) during the relevant year an appropriate authority has—
(i) under paragraph (18) of regulation 60 of the Community Charge Benefits Regulations (time and manner in which claims are to be made), treated any claim for a community charge benefit as made on a day earlier than that on which it is made; or
(ii) under paragraph (16) of regulation 62 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (time and manner in which claims are to be made), treated any claim for council tax benefit as made on a day earlier than that on which it was made; and
(b) any part of that appropriate authority’s council tax benefit qualifying expenditure is attributable to such earlier period;
for the purposes of article 16(1)(b)(ii), the appropriate amount for the relevant year in respect of such part shall be 50 per cent. of the council tax benefit qualifying expenditure so attributable.
(2) This article shall not apply in a case to which article 18(1)(b)(ii) applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1217/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1996/article-17
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