Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972

16 (1) It shall be the duty of an authority to notify a tenant in writing of every determination which they make under their rebate scheme or allowance scheme in relation to him.

(2) A tenant may make representations to an authority concerning a determination which they make in relation to him, and if an authority receive such a representation from a tenant within one month of their notification to him of such a determination they shall consider the representation and may alter or confirm the determination acording to the circumstances, and if they alter or confirm it they shall notify the tenant in writing of their reasons for doing so.

(3) Every notification of a determination shall include a notice to the tenant explaining the provisions of sub-paragraph (2) above.

(4) When an authority determine to treat as the tenant, in pursuance of paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 above, a person who is not the tenant within the meaning of section 22 of this Act, it shall be their duty to notify of that determination both the person who will fall to be treated as the tenant as a result of the determination and the person who would have been considered eligible for a rebate or an allowance but for the determination.

(5) When an authority determine to treat as the tenant, in pursuance of paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 above or paragraph 1 of this Schedule, a person who is not the tenant or, as the case may be, not the sole tenant, within the meaning of section 22 of this Act, it shall be their duty to notify of that determination the person who will fall to be treated as the tenant as a result of it and to take such (if any) steps as they consider reasonable to notify of the determination the person or persons who would have been considered eligible for a rebate or an allowance but for the determination.

(6) The references to the tenant in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) above shall accordingly be construed as including every person to whom sub-paragraph (4) or (5) above applies.

(7) Where an authority notify a tenant of a determination to grant him a rebate or an allowance their notification shall state the amount of the rebate or allowance granted, the rebate period or allowance period and the circumstances in which the amount or the period may be altered, and draw his attention to the duty imposed on him by paragraph 5(2) above.