The Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Review Procedures and Amendment) Regulations 1996

PART I General

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Review Procedures and Amendment) Regulations 1996.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force as follows—

(a) this regulation and regulation 9 on 7th January 1997;

(b) regulations 7 and 8 on 20th January 1997;

(c) regulations 2 to 4, for the purposes of regulations 7 and 8, on 20th January 1997; and

(d) regulations 5 and 6 and regulations 2 to 4 for all remaining purposes on 1st April 1997.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations, “the authority” means the local housing authority to whom a request for a review under section 164 or 202 is made and references to sections are references to sections of the Housing Act 1996.

Who is to make the decision on the review

3.  Where the decision on a review of an original decision made by an officer of the authority is also to be made by an officer, that officer shall be someone who was not involved in the original decision and who is senior to the officer who made the original decision.

Notification of the decision on a review

4.  The period within which the authority shall notify the applicant of the decision on a review under section 164 or 202 is eight weeks from the day on which the request for the review is made to the authority or such longer period as the authority and the applicant may agree in writing.