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The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2020

S.I. 2020/1519 · Made 10 December 2020

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Housing

Made 10th December 2020

Laid before Parliament 14th December 2020

Coming into force 28th January 2021

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 122(1) and (6) of the Housing Act 1996f1, makes the following Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1996 c.52. Section 122(1) was amended by paragraph 36 of Schedule 2 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and Commencement
  2. 2Modifications to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997
  3. 3Modifications to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997
  4. 4Modifications to the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and Commencement

This Order may be cited as the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2020 and comes into force on 28th January 2021.

2Modifications to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997

For the purposes of determining the local housing allowances in 2021, Schedule 3B (broad rental market area determinations and local housing allowance determinations) to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997f1 is to be read as if for paragraph 2(2) there were substituted—

“(2)

For all broad rental market areas the local housing allowance for a category of dwelling is the allowance determined for that category of dwelling on 31st March 2020.”

3Modifications to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997

For the purposes of determining the local housing allowances in 2021, Schedule 3B (broad rental market area determinations and local housing allowance determinations) to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997f1 is to be read as if for paragraph 2(2) there were substituted—

“(2)

For all broad rental market areas the local housing allowance for a category of dwelling is the allowance determined for that category of dwelling on 31st March 2020.”

4Modifications to the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013

For the purposes of determining the local housing allowances in 2021, Schedule 1 (local housing allowance determinations) to the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013f1 is to be read as if for paragraph 2(2) there were substituted—

“(2)

For all broad rental market areas the local housing allowance for a category of accommodation is the allowance determined for that category of accommodation on 31st March 2020.”

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Will Quince

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Work and Pensions

10th December 2020

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order modifies the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1984), the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1995) and the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/382) to make changes to how the local housing allowance is determined.

Articles 2, 3 and 4 modify the above Orders to provide that, for all broad rental market areas, the local housing allowance for a category of dwelling or accommodation is the allowance determined for that category of dwelling or accommodation on 31st March 2020. The modification will apply for the purposes of determining local housing allowances in 2021.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.