{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1004",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Calculation of applicable amount",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs 4 to 6, where in the case of an appropriate authority in England or in Wales—\n(a) α (being the housing benefit amount and the applicable amount calculated under this Part in respect of that appropriate authority) exceeds β (being 120 per cent. of the relevant amount), the applicable amount for that appropriate authority for the relevant year shall be the sum calculated under paragraph 2 less the excess; or\n(b) α (being the total of the housing benefit amount and the applicable amount calculated under this Part in respect of that appropriate authority) is less than Υ (being 95 per cent. of the relevant amount) the applicable amount for that appropriate authority shall be the sum calculated under paragraph 2 plus an amount equal to the difference between α and Υ.\n(2) The relevant amount for the purposes of this paragraph and paragraph 5 is—\n(a) the aggregate of the housing benefit amount and council tax benefit amount payable to that appropriate authority for the financial year ending 31st March 1996 calculated in accordance with Schedules 1 and 2 to the 1996 Order (calculation of subsidy in respect of administration costs); except\n(b) in the case of a new authority listed in column (1) of Schedule 13, the figure specified for that authority in column (2) of that Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1004/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:10:16.506195+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."
}