Article 2 Amendments

The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) Order 1990^f1 is amended as follows—

(a)

In article 2(1)—

(i)

in the definition of “dwelling” for “the Social Security Act 1986” substitute “Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992”^f2; and

(ii)

for the definition of “local authority” substitute—

““local authority” means the council of a district or London borough, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;”;

(b)

In article 3(1) for “section 30(2B) or (2C) of the Social Security Act 1986” substitute “section 136(2) or (3) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992”^f3; and

(c)

At the end of article 5^f4 add—

“(3)

Paragraph (2)(a)(ii) shall not apply in respect of a determination under section 14 of that Act in a case where—

(a)

the application to the rent officer for the determination is made before 1st April 1994; and

(b)

no previous application to the rent officer for a determination has been made after 31st March 1993.

(4)

Paragraph (3) shall not apply in a case where a determination under section 14 or 14A of that Act took effect on or after 1st April 1993 and the rent so determined included an amount payable by the tenant to the landlord in respect of council tax.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1990/428, amended by S.I. 1991/426.
f2: 1992 c. 4.
f3: 1992 c. 5.
f4: Paragraph 2(a) and (b) of article 5 were substituted by article 2(1) of S.I. 1991/426.