Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2007.

This article and articles 2 (application of the Rent Officers Order), 3 (amendment of the Rent Officers Order), 11 (application of the Rent Officers (Scotland) Order) and 12 (amendment of the Rent Officers (Scotland) Order) shall come into force on 20th March 2008.

Articles 4 and 13 shall come into force on 20th March immediately after the coming into force of articles 2, 3, 11 and 12.

Articles 5 to 10 and 14 to 19 shall come into force on 7th April 2008.

In this Order—

• “local authority” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Administration Act 1992^f1;

• “the Rent Officers Order” means the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997^f2; and

• “the Rent Officers (Scotland) Order” means Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997^f3.