C1Part VI Allocation of housing accommodation
F2 Applications for housing accommodation
S. 166 and cross-heading substituted (27.1.2003 for W. and 31.1.2003 for E.) for s. 166 by 2002 c. 7, s. 15 (with s. 20(4)); S.I. 2002/1736, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. 2; S.I. 2002/3114, art. 3
166F1 Applications for housing accommodation
1
A local housing authority shall secure that—
a
advice and information is available free of charge to persons in their district about the right to make an application for an allocation of housing accommodation; and
b
any necessary assistance in making such an application is available free of charge to persons in their district who are likely to have difficulty in doing so without assistance.
2
A local housing authority shall secure that an applicant for an allocation of housing accommodation is informed that he has the rights mentioned in section 167(4A).
3
Every application made to a local housing authority for an allocation of housing accommodation shall (if made in accordance with the procedural requirements of the authority’s allocation scheme) be considered by the authority.
4
The fact that a person is an applicant for an allocation of housing accommodation shall not be divulged (without his consent) to any other member of the public.
5
In this Part “district” in relation to a local housing authority has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68).
Pt. VI excluded (20.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/2753, reg. 3
Pt. VI modified (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1996/3205, art. 2, Sch. 1
Pt. VI excluded (E.) (3.4.2000) by S.I. 2000/702, reg. 3
Pt. VI excluded (W.) (29.1.2003) by The Allocation of Housing (Wales) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/239), reg. 3
Pt. VI excluded (E.) (31.1.2003) by The Allocation of Housing (England) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2002/3264), reg. 3