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(1)

The additional sum which may be paid to an authority under section 135(5) of the Act shall be the housing benefit amount calculated in accordance with Part II with the adjustment, if any, calculated in accordance with Part III, plus, in the case of an acquiring authority, the addition calculated in accordance with Part IV.

(2)

In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires,

  • “housing benefit amount” means the housing benefit amount calculated in accordance with Part II, and

  • “acquiring authority” means a new authority in Wales, which on 1st April 1996 became the authority required to fund and administer housing benefit pursuant to section 134 of the Act in respect of properties, where, before that date, the authority so required was the Development Board for Rural Wales.