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The Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) (Amendment) Order 1996

S.I. 1996/2326 · Made 9 September 1996

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 9th September 1996

Laid before Parliament 16th September 1996

Coming into force 7th October 1996

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 134(12) and 189(1) and (3) to (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concernedf2, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1992 c. 5.

f2

See section 176(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of article 4 of The Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1996
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) (Amendment) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 7th October 1996.

2Amendment of article 4 of The Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1996

In article 4 of the Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1996f1 (increase above maximum rent) in paragraph (1) for “100.9%” there shall be substituted “101.08%”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Alistair Burt

Minister of State,

Department of Social Security

9th September 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/677). It increases the total amount which local authorities may in the year commencing 1st April 1996 pay by way of housing benefit in the exercise of their discretion under regulation 61(3) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971).

This Order does not impose a charge on business.