The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2003

• Citation: S.I. 2003/478
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2003 and shall come into force —

(a) in relation to any case where rent is payable at intervals of a whole number of weeks, on 7 th April 2003; and

(b) in relation to any other case, on 1 st April 2003.

(2) In this Order —

“ the Order ” means the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 ;

“the Scotland Order ” means the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997 .

Section 2 Amendment of the Order

(1) Schedule 1 to the Order (determinations by rent officers for the purposes of housing benefit) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) In paragraph 4(3) (local reference rents – exclusion of rent attributable to provision of services) paragraph (c) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted.

(3) In paragraph 7 (ineligible charges and support charges) —

(a) in sub-paragraph (1) —

(i) in paragraph (a), head (i) and the word “and” which immediately follows it shall be omitted, and

(ii) paragraph (b) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted;

(b) in sub-paragraph (2), paragraph (b) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted.

(4) In paragraph 11(4) (indicative rent levels – exclusion of rent attributable to provision of services) paragraph (c) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted.

Section 3 Amendment of the Scotland Order

(1) Schedule 1 to the Scotland Order (determinations by rent officers for the purposes of housing benefit) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) In paragraph 4(3) (local reference rents – exclusion of rent attributable to provision of services) paragraph (c) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted.

(3) In paragraph 7 (ineligible charges and support charges) —

(a) in sub-paragraph (1) —

(i) in paragraph (a), head (i) and the word “and” which immediately follows it shall be omitted, and

(ii) paragraph (b) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted;

(b) in sub-paragraph (2), paragraph (b) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted.

(4) In paragraph 11(4) indicative rent levels – exclusion of rent attributable to provision of services) paragraph (c) and the word “and” which immediately precedes it shall be omitted.