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The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2025

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Contents: 5 provisions
  1. Title and introductory text
  2. 1 Citation, commencement and extent
  3. 2 Modification to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997
  4. 3 Modification to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997
  5. 4 Modification to the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013

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5 provisions

Title and introductory text

2025 No. 5 HOUSING The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2025 Made 6th January 2025 Laid before Parliament 8th January 2025 Coming into force 31st January 2025 The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 122(1) and (6)(b) of the Housing Act 1996.

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1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2025 and comes into force on 31st January 2025. (2) This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.

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2 Modification to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997

For the purposes of determining the local housing allowances in 2025, Schedule 3B to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Order 1997 (broad rental market area determinations and local housing allowance determinations) is to be read as if for paragraph 2(2) there were substituted— (2) For all broad rental market areas the local housing allowance for any category of dwelling is the allowance determined for that category of dwelling on 31st January 2024. .

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3 Modification to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997

For the purposes of determining the local housing allowances in 2025, Schedule 3B to the Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) (Scotland) Order 1997 (broad rental market area determinations and local housing allowance determinations) is to be read as if for paragraph 2(2) there were substituted— (2) For all broad rental market areas the local housing allowance for any category of dwelling is the allowance determined for that category of dwelling on 31st January 2024. .

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4 Modification to the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013

For the purposes of determining the local housing allowances in 2025, Schedule 1 to the Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013 (local housing allowance determinations) is to be read as if for paragraph 2(2) there were substituted— (2) For all broad rental market areas the local housing allowance for any category of accommodation is the allowance determined for that category of accommodation on 31st January 2024. .

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