The Council Tax Benefit (Permitted Total) Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/689
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Council Tax Benefit (Permitted Total) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.

(2) In this Order—

“council tax benefit” means council tax benefit under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ;

“the Council Tax Benefit Regulations ” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 .

Section 2 Permitted total of benefit

For the purpose of section 139(10) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the permitted total of council tax benefit for any year in relation to an authority shall be the amount obtained by deducting 100% of any increases in council tax benefit granted during that year by that authority under regulation 60 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (increases of weekly amounts for exceptional circumstances) from the total council tax benefit granted by that authority during that year and multiplying the resulting figure by 100.1%.