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The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006

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14.[F1(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a relevant authority shall apply to a rent officer for a determination to be made in pursuance of the Housing Act functions where—

(a)it has received a claim on which rent allowance may be awarded and any of the circumstances specified in regulation 13C(5)(a) to (e) (rent allowance cases for which a maximum rent (standard local rent) is not to be determined) apply;

(b)it has received relevant information regarding a claim on which rent allowance may be awarded and any of the circumstances specified in regulation 13C(5)(a) to (e) apply;

(c)it has received a notification of a change relating to a rent allowance and a maximum rent (LHA) does not fall to be determined under regulation 13C (determination of a maximum rent (LHA));

(d)it has received a notification of a change of dwelling and any of the circumstances specified in regulation 13C(5)(a) to (e) apply;

(e)it has received, except in the case where any liability to make payments in respect of a dwelling would be to a housing authority, a request from a person (“the prospective occupier”), on a properly completed form approved for the purpose by the relevant authority, which includes the specified matters and any of the circumstances specified in regulation 13C(5)(a) to (d) apply;

(f)52 weeks have expired since it last made an application under sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d)[F2, (e) or (h)] in relation to the claim or award in question and—

(i)a maximum rent (LHA) determined under regulation 13D does not apply; and

(ii)a maximum rent (LHA) is not to be determined under regulation 13D; F3...

(g)52 weeks have expired since an application was made under sub-paragraph (f) or a previous application was made under this sub-paragraph, whichever last occurred, and—

(i)a maximum rent (LHA) determined under regulation 13D does not apply; and

(ii)a maximum rent (LHA) is not to be determined under regulation 13D; [F4or

(h)has received notification that any of the circumstances in regulation 13C(5)   apply.]

(2) An application shall not be required under paragraph (1) where a claim, relevant information regarding a claim, notification or request relates to either—

(a)a dwelling in a hostel if, during the period of 12 months ending on the day on which that claim, relevant information regarding a claim, notification or request is received by the relevant authority—

(i)a rent officer has already made a determination in the exercise of the Housing Act functions in respect of a dwelling in that hostel which is a similar dwelling to the dwelling to which the claim, relevant information regarding a claim, notification or request relates; and

(ii)there has been no change relating to a rent allowance that has affected the dwelling in respect of which that determination was made; or

(b)an “excluded tenancy” within the meaning of Schedule 2 (excluded tenancies).

(3) The provision of information to the rent officer in accordance with regulation 114A(5) shall be treated as an application to the rent officer under paragraph (1).

(4) Where a relevant authority receives a request pursuant to paragraph (1)(e) (request from prospective occupier) and it is a case where, by reason of paragraph (2) (hostels or excluded tenancies), an application to a rent officer is not required, the authority shall—

(a)return it to the prospective occupier, indicating why no such application is required; and

(b)where it is not required by reason of either paragraph (2)(a) (hostels) of this regulation or paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 (cases where the rent officer has already made a determination), shall also send him a copy of that determination within 4 days of the receipt of that request by the authority.

(5) Where an application to a rent officer is required by paragraph (1) it shall be made within 3 days, or as soon as practicable after that date, of—

(a)the relevant authority receiving a claim on which rent allowance may be awarded;

(b)the relevant authority receiving relevant information regarding a claim on which rent allowance may be awarded;

(c)the relevant authority receiving a notification of a change relating to a rent allowance;

(d)the relevant authority receiving a notification of a change of dwelling; or

(e)the day on which the period mentioned in paragraph (1)(f) or (g) expired,

except that, in the case of a request to which paragraph (1)(e) (request from prospective occupier) applies, the application shall be made within 2 days of the receipt of that request by the authority.

(6) In calculating any period of days mentioned in paragraphs (4) or (5), no regard shall be had to a day on which the offices of the relevant authority are closed for the purposes of receiving or determining claims.

(7) For the purpose of this regulation a dwelling in a hostel shall be regarded as similar to another dwelling in that hostel if each dwelling provides sleeping accommodation for the same number of persons.

(8) In this regulation—

“change relating to a rent allowance” means a change or increase to which paragraph 2(3)(a), (b), (c)[F5, (d), [F6(f)[F7, (g) or (h)]]] of Schedule 2 applies;

“prospective occupier” shall include a person currently in receipt of housing benefit in respect of a dwelling which he occupies as his home and who is contemplating entering into a new agreement to occupy that dwelling, but only where his current agreement commenced 11 months or more before the request under paragraph (1)(e);

“specified matters” means—

(a)

the signature of the prospective occupier;

(b)

the signature of the person to whom the prospective occupier would incur liability to make such payments;

(c)

a statement that the person in paragraph (b) agrees to the application being made for that determination; and

(d)

an indication that the prospective occupier is contemplating occupying the dwelling as his home and that if he does so, he is likely to claim housing benefit;

“tenancy” includes—

(a)

in Scotland, any other right of occupancy; and

(b)

in any other case, a licence to occupy premises,

and reference to a tenant, landlord or any other expression appropriate to a tenancy shall be construed accordingly;]

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