# The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2008, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2007 (“the principal Order”). The principal Order amended the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1984) (“the Rent Officers Order”) and the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/1995) (“The Rent Officers (Scotland) Order”) which confer functions on rent officers in connection with housing benefit and rent allowance subsidy.
Article 4(2)(d) of the principal Order inserted a new paragraph (3A) into article 4B of the Rent Officers Order. Article 2(2) of this Order amends that inserted paragraph to allow for the local housing allowance determinations, to which this provision relates, to take effect on the first day of the month rather than the first working day of the month.
Article 6(4)(c) of the principal Order amended paragraph (5) of article 4B of the Rent Officers Order. Article 2(3) of this Order makes a further amendment to ensure consistency with other changes that were made to article 4B by the principal Order.
Article 2(4) and (5) make similar amendments to the principal Order as it amended the Rent Officers (Scotland) Order.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sector.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/587/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-amendment-order-2008/note
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