Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This order may be cited as the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance) Amendment Order 2005.

(2)

This article and articles 2, 3, 5 and 6 shall come into force on 13th March 2005.

(3)

Articles 4 and 7 shall come into force in relation to the area of a local authority specified in the Schedule to this Order on the date specified in that Schedule in relation to that local authority.

(4)

In this Order—

(a)

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

(b)

“the 2003 Order” means the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance) Amendment Order 2003^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1992 c. 5. See section 191 which has been amended by paragraph 94 of Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and paragraph 175(5) of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39).
f2: S.I. 2003/2398.