The Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/534
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

(2) In this Order—

“housing benefit” means rent rebate or rent allowance as the circumstances may require;

“the Housing Benefit Regulations ” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 .

Section 2 Permitted totals of benefit

For the purpose of section 28(9) of the Social Security Act 1986, the permitted total of rebates or allowances for any year in relation to an authority shall be the amount obtained by deducting 100% of any increases in housing benefit granted during that year by that authority under regulation 69(8) of the Housing Benefit Regulations (additional amount of benefit in exceptional circumstances) from the total housing benefit granted by that authority during that year and multiplying the resulting figure by 100.1%.

Section 3 Revocation

The Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1988 and the Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Amendment Order 1989 are hereby revoked.