Explanatory note

This Order amends the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) Order 1990 which conferred functions on rent officers in connection with housing benefit and rent allowance subsidy. This Order makes amendments to provide for the case where a rent officer is applied to by a local authority for a determination of rent and such application is required during a transitional period under social security legislation.

The Order also makes amendments to the 1990 Order which are consequential upon the consolidation in 1992 of the social security legislation.