{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-subsidy-to-authorities-amendment-order-2019/schedule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-subsidy-to-authorities-amendment-order-2019/schedule-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1243",
  "legislation_title": "The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-subsidy-to-authorities-amendment-order-2019",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Substitution of Schedule 1ZB to 1998 Order",
  "text": "“SCHEDULE 1ZB\nAdditional amount of subsidy: Verify Earnings and Pension Alerts Service\nArticle 12(1)(bza)\nInterpretation\n1. In this Schedule—\n“relevant activities” means activities carried out by authorities receiving VEP alerts to administer those alerts;\n“VEP alerts” means alerts given by the Secretary of State enabling authorities to identify changes in earnings and pensions so as to help prevent fraud and error relating to housing benefit.\nAdditional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2019\n2. The additional amount of subsidy for an authority for the relevant year beginning with 1st April 2019 is the amount specified for that authority in the Housing Benefit Circular HB S10/2019 published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 3rd May 2019.\nUse of amount paid under paragraph 2\n3. An authority must use the additional amount received under paragraph 2 in connection with relevant activities.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-subsidy-circulars-2019/s102019-payment-for-the-verify-earnings-and-pension-alerts-service-2019-to-2020."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1243/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:37:32.615700+00:00"
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  "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."
}