{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-subsidy-order-1990/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-subsidy-order-1990/schedule-4/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/785",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-subsidy-order-1990",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Determination as to size",
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 4, where the rent officer makes a determination under paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 of the Rent Officers Order that the dwelling exceeds the size criteria for its occupiers and he determines a reasonable market rent and a comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation, the amount to be deducted from allowances granted in respect of the period beginning on the relevant date and ending on the termination date shall be–\n(a) for the period of 13 weeks beginning on the relevant date or, if shorter, for the period beginning on that date and ending on the termination date, if the amount of the eligible rent exceeds the reasonable market rent less ineligible amounts–\n(i) an amount equal to 100% of the excess or the amount of the allowances granted in respect of that period, whichever is the lower or\n(ii) where paragraph 5 applies, the difference between the amount determined in accordance with head of this sub-paragraph and the amount obtained by dividing that amount by 97 and multiplying the quotient by 50;\n(b) for the period after the end of that period, if the amount of the eligible rent exceeds the comparable rent for suitably sized accommodation less ineligible amounts,\n(i) an amount equal to 100% of the excess or the amount of the allowances granted in respect of that period, whichever is the lower or\n(ii) where paragraph 5 applies, the difference between the amount determined in accordance with head of this sub-paragraph and the amount obtained by dividing that amount by 97 and multiplying the quotient by 50.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/785/schedule/4/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:22:13.081417+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."
}