Article 4 Amendment of Schedules to the principal Order

(1)

For Schedule 1 to the principal Order (sums to be used in the calculation of subsidy) substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

(2)

Omit Schedule 2 to the principal Order (adjustment for the prioritisation of claims).

(3)

Omit Schedule 3 to the principal Order (calculation of deductions from subsidy in respect of period overruns).

(4)

In Schedule 4 to the principal Order (high rents and rent allowances)–

(a)

omit Part 1;

(b)

for paragraph 6, substitute—

“Except where paragraph 5 applies, this Part also applies in a case where an authority is required under regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit Regulations (requirement to refer to rent officer) to apply for a determination in relation to a dwelling, but the appropriate amount shall be nil if the authority fails to apply for that determination—

(a)

during the relevant year; or

(b)

as soon as possible thereafter but before the date of the due date for the submission of the final subsidy claim for the relevant year.”; and

(c)

omit paragraph 14.

(5)

In Part 1 of Schedule 4A to the principal Order (rent rebate limitation deductions (housing revenue account dwellings))–

(a)

after “In this Schedule–” insert—

““dwelling” has the same meaning it bears in the determination made under section 80(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989,”; and

(b)

for paragraph (b) of the definition of “new service” substitute—

“(b)

an extension to a service, where the service is provided in the relevant year to a greater extent than in 2001-02, or”.