Section 130A — Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992: Appropriate maximum housing benefit

Appropriate maximum housing benefit 130A 1 For the purposes of section 130 above, the appropriate maximum housing benefit (in this section referred to as “ the AMHB ”) is determined in accordance with this section.

2 Regulations must prescribe the manner in which the AMHB is to be determined.

3 The provision which may be made by the regulations includes provision for the AMHB to be ascertained in the prescribed manner by reference to rent officer determinations.

4 The regulations may require an authority administering housing benefit in any prescribed case—

a to apply for a rent officer determination, and b to do so within such time as may be specified in the regulations.

5 The regulations may, for the purpose of determining the AMHB, provide for the amount of the liability mentioned in section 130(1)(a) above to be taken to be an amount other than the actual amount of that liability (and, without prejudice to the generality of this subsection, may provide for it to be taken to be the amount of a rent officer determination).

6 The regulations may, for that purpose, make provision for determining the amount of liability under section 130(1)(a) above which a person is treated as having by virtue of regulations under section 137(2)(j) below (and, without prejudice to the generality of this subsection, may provide for that amount to be the amount of a rent officer determination).

7 A rent officer determination is a determination made by a rent officer in the exercise of functions under section 122 of the Housing Act 1996.