# The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1996, Paragraph 1


(1) The additional sum which may be paid to an authority under section 135(5) of the Act shall be the aggregate of the housing benefit amount calculated in accordance with Part II, the supplementary amount and the additional supplementary amount calculated in accordance with Part III, except that, in the case of authorities in Scotland who administer only council tax benefit, the housing benefit amount, the supplementary amount and the additional supplementary amount shall be nil.
(2) In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires, “housing benefit amount” means the housing benefit applicable amount calculated in accordance with Part II and “total of supplementary amounts” means the total of—
(a) the supplementary amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 3;
(b) the additional supplementary amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 4; and
(c) the supplementary amount of council tax benefit administration subsidy calculated in accordance with paragraph 7 of Schedule 2.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1217/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1996/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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