PART X HOUSING ACCOUNTS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES

205 The rent rebate account.

1

A local authority shall keep a rent rebate account for each year.

2

The authority shall—

a

credit that account with the amount of rent rebate subsidy payable to them under section 32 of the M1Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982;

b

debit that account with—

i

the amount of the authority’s rent rebates for the year, and

ii

the authority’s costs of administering their rent rebates for the year.

3

Where for any year a deficit is shown in the account, the local authority shall credit the account in respect of that year with an amount equal to the amount of the deficit.