The Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/731
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Amendment Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st April 2007.

(2) In this Order, “the 1998 Order ” means the Income-related Benefits (Subsidy to Authorities) Order 1998 .

(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.

Section 2 Amendment of the 1998 Order

Schedule 4A to the 1998 Order (rent rebate limitation deductions) is amended in accordance with the Schedule to this Order.

Section 1

In paragraph 2 (England – liability to deduction), for sub-paragraphs (6) and (7) there shall be substituted—

(6) The RPI figure for the period beginning with September 2001 and ending with September of the year prior to the relevant year is 1.1663.

(7) The annual factor for 2007-08 is 0.4.

Section 2

In paragraph 3(amount of deduction), for sub-paragraph (3) there shall be substituted—

(3) The rebate proportion for each year commencing with 2007-08 is 0.77.

Section 3

For Part 3 there shall be substituted—

WEEKLY RENT LIMITS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 2: AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND

TABLE

RELEVANT YEAR 2007-08

Section 4

For Part 5 there shall be substituted—

AMOUNTS FOR PURPOSES OF PART 4, PARAGRAPH 4: AUTHORITIES IN WALES

TABLE

RELEVANT YEAR 2007-08

(1) Specified amount “O”

(2) Guideline rent increase