Article 8 Additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative

In Schedule 1ZC (additional amount of subsidy: Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative)—

(a)

in paragraph 1 (interpretation), in the definition of “HBAAI”, for “Housing Benefit Circular HB A5/2022” to the end of that definition substitute “Housing Benefit Circular HB A4/2023 first published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 4th April 2023^f1”;

(b)

in paragraph 2 (additional amount: relevant year beginning with 1st April 2022)—

(i)

in the heading, for “1st April 2022” substitute “1st April 2023”;

(ii)

for “1st April 2022” substitute “1st April 2023”;

(iii)

for “following Housing Benefits Circulars” to the end substitute “Housing Benefit Circular HB S6/2023 first published by the Department for Work and Pensions on 27th April 2023^f2”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-adjudication-circulars-2023/a42023-housing-benefit-award-accuracy-initiative-for-the-financial-year-ending-march-2024.
f2: See https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-benefit-subsidy-circulars-2023/s62023-housing-benefit-award-accuracy-initiative-funding-for-the-financial-year-ending-march-2024-for-local-authorities-participating-from-3-april-20. This circular was revised on 19th December 2023.