# The Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1988, Article 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st April 1988.
(2) In this Order—
“housing benefit” means rate rebate, rent rebate or rent allowance, as the circumstances may require;
“Housing Benefit Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/471/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-permitted-totals-order-1988/article-1
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