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The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997

S.I. 1997/1984 · Made 12 August 1997 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 12th August 1997

Laid before Parliament 12th August 1997

Coming into force

Articles 1, 8 and 10(1) 18th August 1997

Remainder 3rd September 1997

The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 122 of the Housing Act 1996M1, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order—C1

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Marginal citations

M1

1996 c.52.

Modifications

C1

Instrument applied (with effect in accordance with Sch. of the amending S.I.) by Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance) Amendment Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/236), art. 4, Sch.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Determinations
  4. 3ATransitional arrangements for determination of Single Room Rents with effect from 2nd July 2001
  5. 4Redeterminations
  6. 4ASubstitute determinations and substitute redeterminations
  7. 4BBroad rental market area determinations and local housing allowance determinations
  8. 4CBoard and attendance determinations and notifications
  9. 4DBoard and attendance redeterminations
  10. 4ESubstitute board and attendance determinations and substitute board and attendance redeterminations
  11. 5Insufficient information
  12. 6Exceptions
  13. 7Special cases
  14. 7AErrors
  15. 8Amendment to 1995 Order
  16. 9Revocations
  17. 10Application
  18. Signature
  19. Schedule 1
  20. Part I: DETERMINATIONS
  21. 1Significantly high rents
  22. 2Size and rent
  23. 3Exceptionally high rents
  24. 4Local reference rents
  25. 5Single room rents
  26. 6Claim-related rent
  27. Part II: ASSUMPTIONS etc.
  28. 7Ineligible charges and support charges
  29. 8Housing associations etc.
  30. Part III: NOTIFICATIONS OF PART I DETERMINATIONS
  31. 9Notifications
  32. 10Paragraph 10 Repealed
  33. Part IV: INDICATIVE RENT LEVELS
  34. 11Paragraph 11
  35. Schedule 2: SIZE CRITERIA
  36. 1Paragraph 1
  37. 1AParagraph 1A
  38. 1BParagraph 1B
  39. 2Paragraph 2
  40. 3Paragraph 3
  41. Schedule 3: REDETERMINATIONS
  42. 1Paragraph 1
  43. 2Paragraph 2
  44. Schedule 3A: PART I
  45. 1Categories of dwelling
  46. 2Formula for local housing allowance for category of dwelling in paragraph 1(1)(a)
  47. 3Formula for local housing allowance for other categories of dwelling
  48. 4Broad rental market area
  49. Schedule 3B: Broad rental market area determinations and local housing allowance determinations
  50. 1Categories of dwelling
  51. 2Local housing allowance for category of dwelling in paragraph 1
  52. 3Anomalous local housing allowances
  53. 3AMinimum local housing allowance
  54. 4Broad rental market area
  55. 5Broad rental market area
  56. 5ABroad rental market area Repealed
  57. 6Broad rental market area Repealed
  58. Schedule 4: SPECIAL CASES
  59. 1Houseboats
  60. 2Mobile homes
  61. 3Rental purchase agreements
  62. Explanatory note