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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-additional-functions-scotland-amendment-order-1993/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/646",
  "legislation_title": "The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-additional-functions-scotland-amendment-order-1993",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Scotland) Order 1990 which confers functions on rent officers in connection with housing benefit and rent allowance subsidy.\nArticle 2(1) and (2) makes amendments to the 1990 Order which are consequential upon the consolidation in 1992 of the “social security legislation”. (The consolidation is contained in the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4), the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7), the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8) and the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9)).\nArticle 2(3) makes amendments to allow one application to be made by a local authority to the rent officer, during the period commencing on 1st April 1993 and ending on 31st March 1994, to determine a rent where the rent includes an amount payable by the tenant in respect of the council tax irrespective of whether the application is within 12 months of a previous determination or redetermination (provided that there has been no determination on or after 1st April under section 25 or 25A of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988, of such a rent).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/646/note",
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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."
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