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Local Government and Housing Act 1989
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Part IIE+W Debits to the Account
For each year a local housing authority who are required to keep a Housing Revenue Account (“the account”) shall carry to the debit of the account amounts equal to the items listed in this Part of this Schedule.
Item 1: expenditure on repairs, maintenance and managementE+W
The expenditure of the authority for the year in respect of the repair, maintenance, supervision and management of houses and other property within the account, but not including expenditure properly debited to the authority’s Housing Repairs Account.
If the Secretary of State so directs, this item shall include, or not include, such expenditure as may be determined by or under the direction.
Item 2: expenditure for capital purposesE+W
Any expenditure of the authority in respect of houses and other property within the account which—
(a) is capital expenditure (other than excluded expenditure) for the year; or
(b) is excluded expenditure for the year, or any previous or subsequent year, which the authority decide should be charged to a revenue account for the year.
In this item “capital expenditure” means expenditure for capital purposes within the meaning of Part IV of this Act and “excluded expenditure” means expenditure excluded from the obligation in section 41(1) of this Act.
Item 3: rents, rates, taxes and other chargesE+W
The rents, rates, taxes and other charges which the authority are liable to pay for the year in respect of houses and other property within the account.
Item 4: rent rebatesE+W
The rent rebates granted for the year to tenants of houses and other property within the account.
Item 5: sums transferred under section 80(2)E+W
Sums transferred for the year to some other revenue account of the authority in accordance with section 80(2) of this Act (Housing Revenue Account subsidy of a negative amount).
Item 6: contributions to Housing Repairs AccountE+W
Sums transferred for the year to the authority’s Housing RepairsAccount.
Item 7: provision for bad or doubtful debtsE+W
The following, namely—
(a) any sums credited to the account for the year or any previous year under item 1 or 2 of Part I of this Schedule which, in the opinion of the authority, are bad debts which should be written off; and
(b) any provision for doubtful debts which, in their opinion, should be made in respect of sums so credited.
If the Secretary of State so directs, no sums shall be debited under paragraph (a) above, and no provision shall be debited under paragraph (b)above, except (in either case) in such circumstances and to such extent as maybe specified in the direction.
Item 8: sums calculated as determined by Secretary of StateE+W
Sums calculated for the year in accordance with such formulae as the Secretary of State may from time to time determine.
In determining any formula for the purposes of this item, the Secretary of State may include variables framed (in whatever way he considers appropriate) by reference to such matters relating to the authority, or to (or to tenants of) houses or other property which are or have been within the account, as he thinks fit.
Item 9: debit balance from previous yearE+W
Any debit balance shown in the account for the previous year.
This item does not include any such balance so shown which is carried to the debit of some other revenue account of the authority in accordance with paragraph 1 of Part III of this Schedule.
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