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(1) This Order may be cited as the Council Tax Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.
(2) In this Order—
 “the Act” means the Social Security Administration Act 1992;
 “council tax benefit” means council tax benefit under Part VII of the Contributions and Benefits Act;
 “the Council Tax Benefit Regulations” means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992;
 “increase in council tax benefit” means the difference between—
(a) in a case in which an authority makes a determination under regulation 51(5) or 54(4) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations (increase in the appropriate maximum council tax benefit or alternative maximum council tax benefit), the amount of council tax benefit granted; and the amount of council tax benefit which would have been granted in that case if the authority had not made a determination under the said regulation 51(5) or 54(4).
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For the purpose of section 139(g) of the Act, the permitted total of council tax benefit for any year commencing on or after 1st April 1996 in relation to an authority shall be the amount obtained by deducting 100% of any increases in council tax benefit allowed by that authority during that year from the total council tax benefit granted by that authority during mat year and multiplying the resulting figure by 100.1%
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For the purpose of section 139(7) of the Act (modifications other than war disablement pension or war widows pension within the Act), the permitted total of council tax benefit for any year commencing on or after 1st April 1996 in relation to an authority shall be the total of the amounts obtained by deducting 100% of any council tax benefit awarded as a consequence of any determination to disregard made by that authority during that year pursuant to a modification adopted by them under section 139(6)(b) of the Act (power to modify council tax benefit schemes as prescribed) and regulation 8 of the Income-related Benefits Schemes Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1995 (power to modify in respect of certain pensions to war widows) from the total council tax benefit granted by that authority during that year and multiplying the resulting figure by 100.7%.
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The Council Tax Benefit (Permitted Total) Order 1994 and the Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) and Council Tax Benefit (Permitted Total) (Pensions for War Widows) Amendment Order 1995 are hereby revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security
Roger Evans
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security 
7th March 1996