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(1)A determination made or direction given by the Secretary of State under this Part—
(a)may make different provision for different cases or descriptions of cases, including different provision for different areas, for different local housing authorities or for different descriptions of local housing authorities;
(b)may be made before, during or after the end of the year to which it relates; and
(c)may be varied or revoked by a subsequent determination or direction.
(2)Before making a determination or giving a direction under this Part relating to all local housing authorities or any description of such authorities, the Secretary of State shall consult such representatives of local government and relevant professional bodies as appear to him to be appropriate; and, before making a determination or giving a direction relating to a particular local housing authority, he shall consult that authority.
(3)As soon as practicable after making a determination under this Part, the Secretary of State shall send a copy of the determination to the local housing authority or authorities to which it relates.
[F1(4)References in this section to sending to a local housing authority a copy of a determination under this Part include references to using electronic communications for sending a copy of a determination to such address as may for the time being be notified to the Secretary of State by that authority for that purpose.
F2(5)For the purposes of this section a copy of a determination under this Part is also to be treated as sent to a local housing authority where—
(a)the Secretary of State and that authority have agreed to the authority instead having access to determinations on a web site;
(b)the determination is a determination to which that agreement applies;
(c)the Secretary of State has published the determination on a web site;
(d)that authority is notified, in a manner for the time being agreed for the purpose between that authority and the Secretary of State, of—
(i)the publication of the determination on a web site;
(ii)the address of that web site; and
(iii)the place on that web site where the determination may be accessed, and how it may be accessed.
F3(6)A local housing authority which is no longer willing to accept electronic communications for the sending of copies of determinations under this Part, may withdraw a notification of an address given to the Secretary of State for the purposes of subsection (4) above and such a withdrawal shall take effect on a date specified by the authority being a date no less than one month after the date on which the authority informs the Secretary of State that it wants to withdraw the notification of the address given.
F4(7)A local housing authority which has entered into an agreement with the Secretary of State under paragraph (a) of subsection (5) above may revoke the agreement and such a revocation shall take effect on a date specified by the authority being a date no less than one month after the date on which the authority informs the Secretary of State that it wants to revoke the agreement.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 87(4)-(7) inserted (E.) (10.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3056, art. 3 and the said insertion extended to Wales (1.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/605, art. 2(2)
F2S. 87(4)-(7) inserted (E.) (10.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3056, art. 3 and the said insertion extended to Wales (1.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/605, art. 2(2)
F3S. 87(4)-(7) inserted (E.) (10.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3056, art. 3 and the said insertion extended to Wales (1.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/605, art. 2(2)
F4S. 87(4)-(7) inserted (E.) (10.12.2000) by S.I. 2000/3056, art. 3 and the said insertion extended to Wales (1.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/605, art. 2(2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 87 extended (W.) (1.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/605, art. 2(1), Sch.
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