- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Pwynt Penodol mewn Amser (01/12/1998)
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[F1(1)It shall be the duty—
(a)of every local authority to make and to publish in accordance with subsection (4), and again within 6 months of any alteration thereof, rules governing—
(i)the admission of applicants to any housing list;
(ii)the priority of allocation of houses;
(iii)the transfer of tenants from houses owned by the landlord to houses owned by other bodies;
(iv)exchanges of houses;
(b)of Scottish Homes and development corporations (including urban development corporations) to publish in accordance with subsection (4), and again within 6 months of any alteration thereof, any rules they may have governing the matters set out in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv) of paragraph (a) above.]
(2)It shall be the duty of every registered housing association—
(a)within the period of 6 months commencing on 7th January 1987 to make rules governing the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1) (unless it has, in accordance with subsections (4) and (5), published such rules before that date and those rules remain current);
(b)within 6 months of the making of rules under paragraph (a), and within 6 months of any alteration of such rules (whether or not made under that paragraph)—
(i)to send a copy of them to each of the bodies mentioned in subsection (3); and
(ii)to publish them in accordance with subsections (4) and (5).
(3)The bodies referred to in subsection (2)(b)(i) are—
(i)the Housing Corporation [F2(in a case where the housing association is registered in the register maintained by it);
(ia)Scottish Homes (in a case where the housing association is registered in the register maintained by it);] and
(ii)every local authority within whose area there is a house let, or to be let, by the association under a secure tenancy.
(4)The rules to be published by a body in accordance with subsection (1) or (2) shall be—
(a)available for perusal; and
(b)on sale at a reasonable price; and
(c)available in summary form on request to members of the public,
at all reasonable times—
(i)in a case where the body is a local authority or a development corporation, at its principal offices and its housing department offices; and
(ii)in any other case, at its principal and other offices.
(5)Rules sent to a local authority in accordance with subsection 2(b) shall be available for perusal at all reasonable times at its principal offices.
(6)An applicant for housing provided by a body mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) shall be entitled on request to inspect any record kept by that body of information furnished by him to it in connection with his application.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 21(1) substituted (27.9.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 155(1); S.I. 1993/2163, art. 2, Sch. 1.
F2Words inserted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), ss. 1, 3, Sch. 2 para. 7
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