The Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Amendment Order 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/1167
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Discretionary Housing Payment (Grants) Amendment Order 2008 and shall come into force on 22nd May 2008.

(2) Article 2(6) of this Order shall apply in respect of any year commencing on or after 2 nd July 2001.

(3) Articles 1 and 2(1) to (5) of this Order shall apply in respect any year commencing on or after 1 st April 2006.

(4) In this Order, “the 2001 Order ” means the Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Order 2001 .

Section 2 Amendment of the 2001 Order

(1) The 2001 Order is amended as follows.

(2) Sub-paragraph (2)(g) of article 3 (claims) is omitted.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of article 4 (records and information provisions) are omitted.

(4) Article 5 (audit provisions) is omitted.

(5) For article 6 (payment) substitute—

(6) Subject to article 6A, the Secretary of State may make payments by way of instalments by reference to claims submitted in accordance with article 3 but no final payment shall be made until the Secretary of State is satisfied that no request for information in accordance with article 4 is outstanding.