The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 No. 214

PART 3 Payments in respect of a dwelling

Applications to the rent officer for redeterminations

15.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 17 (substitute determinations or substitute redeterminations), where a relevant authority has obtained from a rent officer either or both of the following—

(a) a determination on a reference made under regulation 14 (requirement to refer to rent officers);

(b) a redetermination on a reference made under regulation 16(2) (application for redetermination by rent officer),

the authority may apply to the rent officer for a redetermination of any determination or redetermination he has made which has effect at the date of the application.

(2) No application shall be made for a further redetermination of a redetermination made in response to an application under paragraph (1).