The Community Charge Benefits (Permitted Total) Order 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/533
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Community Charge Benefits (Permitted Total) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

(2) In this Order—

“community charge benefits” means community charge benefits under Part II of the Social Security Act 1986 ;

“the Community Charge Benefits Regulations ” means the Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989 .

Section 2 Permitted total of benefits

For the purpose of section 31B(10) of the Social Security Act 1986, the permitted total of community charge benefits for any year in relation to an authority shall be the amount obtained by deducting 100% of any increases in community charge benefits granted during that year by that authority under regulation 58 of the Community Charge Benefits Regulations (increases of weekly amounts for exceptional circumstances) from the total community charge benefits granted by that authority during that year and multiplying the resulting figure by 100.1%.